Compositions and methods for treatment of type viii collagen deficiencies

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to self-inactivating lentiviral vectors comprising the COL7A1 gene or a functional variant thereof and its use in a method for the treatment of Type VII collagen deficiency, such as dominant dystrophic epidermolysis and recessive dystrophic epidermolysis.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for thetreatment of Type VII collagen deficiencies such as dystrophicepidermolysis bullosa comprising the administration of autologousgenetically modified cells comprising a nucleotide sequence encodingType VII collagen (C7) or a functional variant thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Type VII collagen (C7) is a protein important for anchoring fibrilformation at the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ), which holds togetherthe layers of skin (Burgeson 1993; Leigh et al. 1988). Dystrophicepidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is an inherited disease characterized by adeficiency in C7 resulting in an impairment of anchoring fibrils toadhere between the epidermis and the underlying dermis affecting theskin and organs. Mutations of the COL7A1 gene encoding C7 causes the C7deficiency. Patients suffering from DEB are highly susceptible to severeblistering. Dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB) ischaracterized by generalized blistering. Transient bullous dermatosis isa form of DDEB, which corrects itself during infancy. Recessivedystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a debilitatingskin-blistering disorder. RDEB inversa is another form of RDEB, whereblisters form on areas where skin rubs on skin. Without these fibrils,skin layers separate causing severe blistering, open wounds and scarringin response to any kind of friction, including normal daily activitieslike rubbing or scratching.

There are currently no curative treatments and patients largely rely onpalliative wound care. Preclinical studies employing a number ofstrategies show encouraging results suggesting that the effects of thedisease can be corrected by restoring C7 function in RDEB skin. Initialapproaches relied on grafting fragile engineered epidermal tissue andrequire removal of the skin tissue to be replaced, resulting in scarring(Mavilio et al. 2006; Chen, Nat. Genet. 2002; Siprashvili 2010). Othermethods have included delivery of the corrective C7 by directvirus-based expression and systemic delivery of recombinant protein(Remington 2009; Woodley et al. 2003). All of these potential treatmentshave a number of drawbacks including cost and biosafety concerns.

The use of replication-defective, self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviralvectors (LV) offers several advantages for gene therapy: 1) ability totransduce both dividing and non-dividing cells, 2) high transductionefficiency, 3) long-term sustained transgene expression, 4) the abilityto dispense sequences encoding viral proteins that might trigger animmune response, 5) an increased safety profile due to transcriptionallyinactive SIN long terminal repeat (LTR), and 6) an ability to packagelarge transgenes. Safety studies from clinical trials using LV vectorsfor gene therapy have showed no preferential integration in or nearproto-oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. Patients who have been dosedat 10 billion LV vector-transduced T cells per subject and followed fora median of 4 years, showed no leukemia or other adverse events. Trialswith the indications of metachromatic leukodystrophy, Wiskott-AldrichSyndrome (WAS) and X-adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), revealed no aberrantclonal expansion seen up to 21 months, 32 months, and 36 months offollow up, respectively (Biffi et al. 2013; Aiuti et al. 2013).

Treatment with autologous genetically-modified human dermal fibroblasts(GM-HDF) offers a promising alternative based on correcting thehereditary defect ex vivo in the patients' own fibroblasts (Ortiz-Urdaet al. 2003; Woodley et al. 2003). It has been reported that hCOL7A1gene-corrected fibroblasts are better than keratinocytes at supplying C7to the basement membrane zone (BMZ) in mice with RDEB skin grafts (Gotoet al. 2006). In addition, injection of fibroblasts can be more easilycompleted than grafting of keratinocytes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to a method of treating a patientsuffering from a Type VII collagen (C7) deficiency comprising obtainingcells from the dermis or epidermis, preferably fibroblasts orkeratinocytes, of a C7-deficient patient, contacting the cells with atransducing lentiviral vector particle comprising the COL7A1 gene or afunctional variant thereof to form an autologous genetically modifiedcell comprising the COL7A1 gene or functional variant thereof having avector copy number wherein said lentiviral vector particle has atransducing vector copy number in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 copies percell, culturing said autologous genetically modified cell, andadministering the genetically modified cells to the C7-deficientpatient. The administration may be done by injection, preferablyintradermal injection. In one aspect of the invention, the C7 deficiencyis dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), such as recessive dystrophicepidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) or dominant dystrophic epidermolysisbullosa (DDEB). Subtypes of RDEB are also envisioned to be treatedaccording to the present invention including Hallopeau-Siemens,non-Hallopeau-Siemens RDEB, RDEB inversa, pretibial RDEB, acral RDEB,and RDEB centripetalis.

In one embodiment of the invention, the transducing lentiviral vectorparticle is constructed from a transfer lentiviral vector comprising (a)a modified 5′ long terminal repeat in LTR, wherein the promoter of themodified 5′ LTR is a cytomegalovirus promoter, (b) the COL7A1 gene or afunctional variant thereof, (c) at least one lentiviral centralpolypurine tract, (d) a hepatitis B virus post-transcriptionalregulatory element (PRE), and (e) a modified 3′ LTR, wherein themodified 3′ LTR comprises a deletion relative to the wild-type 3′ LTR,wherein the COL7A1 gene or functional variant is incorporated into thecells to form genetically modified cells having a functional COL7A1 geneor functional variant thereof.

In an embodiment, there are at least two lentiviral central polypurinetract elements. In another embodiment, the PRE is woodchuck hepatitisvirus post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE). Preferably, thetransfer lentiviral vector used to construct the transducing vector isselected from the group consisting of pSMPUW and pFUGW. Preferably, thetransducing lentiviral vector particle is INXN-2004 or INXN-2002.

Administration of the genetically modified fibroblasts autologous to theC7-deficient patient may be done in any suitable manner, including byinjection, topically, orally, or embedded in a biocompatible matrix.

Another aspect of the invention is directed to the autologousgenetically modified fibroblasts from a C7-deficient patient, such asRDEB or DDEB patient, transduced with a lentiviral vector particlecomprising a functional COL7A1 gene and expressing type VII collagen,wherein the lentiviral vector particle has a transducing vector copynumber in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 copies per cell.

Another embodiment is directed to a self-inactivating lentiviral vectorformed from a transfer vector comprising (a) a modified 5′ long terminalin LTR, wherein the promoter of the modified 5′ LTR is a cytomegaloviruspromoter, (b) the COL7A1 gene or a functional variant thereof, (c) atleast one lentiviral central polypurine tract element, (d) a hepatitis Bvirus post-transcriptional regulatory element (PRE), and (e) a modified3′ LTR, wherein the modified 3′ LTR comprises a deletion relative to thewild-type 3′ LTR. In one embodiment, the vector comprises at least twolentiviral central polypurine tract elements and the PRE is woodchuckhepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE). Thevector of the invention includes the vector designated INXN-2004 andcomprising the sequence of IGE308 plasmid; or the vector designatedINXN-2002.

Another embodiment of the invention is directed to pharmaceuticalcompositions comprising a fibroblast obtained from a patient sufferingfrom RDEB or DDEB transduced with a lentiviral vector designatedINXN-2004 comprising the sequence of IGE308 plasmid; or transduced witha lentiviral vector designated INXN-2002.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to cells transducedin vitro or ex vivo using the vectors, such as INXN-2002 and INXN-2004.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to transducedautologous fibroblasts using vectors INXN-2002 or INXN-2004, which havebeen obtained and propagated according to methods described in U.S. Pat.No. 8,728,819 and International Patent Application.

WO2008/027984 entitled “Methods for culturing minimally-passagedfibroblasts and uses thereof”, each of which is hereby incorporated byreference herein.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to use ofconcentrated lentivirus for transduction of human autologous dermalcells, such as fibroblasts and/or keratinocytes.

In another embodiment, the present invention is directed to transductionof human autologous dermal cells, such as fibroblasts and/orkeratinocytes via centrifugation with lentivirus.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to use of bothconcentrated lentivirus and centrifugation for transduction of humanautologous dermal cells, such as fibroblasts and/or keratinocytes.

In an embodiment, the present invention is directed to use of humanautologous dermal cells, such as fibroblasts and/or keratinocytes, whichhave been contacted with lentivirus in two or more separate transductionprocesses.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to use humanautologous dermal cells, such as fibroblasts and/or keratinocytes, whichhave been contacted with lentivirus in two or more separate transductionprocesses, wherein the cells are cultured and passaged one, two, orthree times, before the second or any subsequent transduction process.

The present invention also relates to the treatment of patientssuffering from pseudosyndactyly comprising administering to said patientan autologous population of cells obtained from said patient transducedwith a lentiviral vector particle comprising a functional COL7A1 gene orits functional variant thereof, and expressing type VII collagen.

The invention further relates to a method of treating, inhibiting orreducing the blistering of a dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) ormethods of treating lesions in patients suffering from RDEB comprisingadministering the autologous genetically modified cells of the presentinvention.

Another aspect of the invention relates to isolated population ofgenetically modified fibroblasts autologous to a C7-deficient patient,such as DDEB or RDEB patient, transduced with a vector particlecomprising a functional COL7A1 gene or functional variant thereof andexpressing type VII collagen, as well as methods of making theseisolated populations.

The invention also relates to a method of increasing the integratedtransgene copy number per cell in genetically modified human dermalfibroblasts or keratinocytes comprising contacting a transducinglentiviral vector comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a COL7A1gene or a functional variant thereof with a human dermal fibroblast orkeratinocyte obtained from a C7-deficient patient to form a transductioncomposition. The transduction composition is subjected to spinoculationto form transduced human dermal fibroblast or keratinocyte, wherein theintegrated transgene copy number of the transduced human dermalfibroblasts or keratinocytes is higher relative to a transductioncomposition not subjected to spinoculation. The invention furtherincludes a super-transduction step, wherein the transduced cells arefurther contacted with a second transducing lentiviral vector to form asecond trandusction composition, which is optionally subjected tospinoculation. In one aspect, the transducing lentiviral vector isINXN-2002 or INXN-2004, preferably INXN-2004. It has been found that thethe transduced human dermal fibroblast or keratinocytes have at least orabout 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50-foldgreater integrated transgene copy number per cell relative to atransduction composition not subjected to spinoculation orsuper-transduction. In another embodiment, the invention relates tohaving an integrated transgene copy number per cell of at least 0.05,0.09, 0.41, or 0.74 or a range of between about 0.1 to about 5, 0.1 toabout 1, 0.4 to about 1, or 0.4 to about 0.75. Expression has been foundto be increased using the transduction methods described herein. Forexample, it has been found that expression of C7 has increased by 10,25, 50, 100, 150, or 200-fold relative to transduced human dermalfibroblasts or keratinocytes not subjected to spinoculation or a secondtransduction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A more complete understanding of the present invention may be obtainedby reference to the accompanying drawings, when considered inconjunction with the subsequent detailed description. The embodimentsillustrated in the drawings are intended only to exemplify the inventionand should not be construed as limiting the invention to the illustratedembodiments.

FIG. 1A depicts type VII collagen (C7) trimers, which form anchoringfibrils. The COL7A1 gene encodes a 290-kDa alpha chain and three of thechains form a triple helix (trimer). Image from Bruckner-Tuderman L.Molecular Therapy (2008) 17:6-7.

FIG. 1B depicts the general structure of normal and RDEB skin. C7anchoring fibrils bind to other collagens, extracellular matrixproteins, and Lam332 to mediate attachment of the dermis to theepidermis. Absence of anchoring fibrils can lead to blister formation.

FIG. 2 describes a cGMP-scale GM-HDF production process according to oneaspect of the present invention. A C7 expression cassette was clonedinto a self-inactivating lentivirus backbone. A pilot-scale productionof lentiviral vector (INXN-2002) comprising COL7A1 gene (LV-COLT) with atiter of ˜9×10⁶ IU/mL was generated for use in the cGMP-scale productionprocess. Fibroblasts were isolated from RDEB patient biopsies, grown,then split into three arms for mock, high-, and low-dose LV-COLTtransduction. Each arm of fibroblasts was grown to 2×CS10 scale thencryopreserved (Drug Substance). For patient treatment, Drug Substancevials are thawed and formulated (Drug Product), then shipped back to theclinic for wound-site injection of the originating patient.

FIG. 3A provides the LV-COLT (for INXN-2002) copy number per cell. DrugSubstance vials were thawed and assayed for LV-COLT DNA copies per cellusing qPCR. Primers were specific for the LV shuttle vector. Resultsdemonstrate dose-dependent levels of copies per cell with an average of0.38 and 0.18 copies from the High and Low Dose arms, respectively.

FIG. 3B provides the C7 expression levels produced by RDEB patientfibroblasts transduced with LV-COLT: Drug Substance vials were thawedand cultured for 3 days. Conditioned cell culture supernatants werecollected and assayed for C7 levels by ELISA. Results show virusdose-dependent protein expression that ranges from 60 to 120 ng/mL C7 inLV-COLT-transduced cells.

FIG. 3C displays the trimeric form of C7 produced by RDEB patientfibroblasts transduced with LV-COL7: Conditioned cell culturesupernatants were also used in an immunoprecipitation assay.Immunoprecipitated C7 was separated on non-denaturing SDS-PAGE andvisualized by western blot. The C7 produced by RDEB fibroblasts waspredominantly trimeric with LV-COL7-transduced cells expressing moreCOL7 than mock-transduced cells (Arm C). Some lower molecular weightspecies showing immunoreactivity, were also observed.

FIG. 4A depicts binding of purified COL7 to Lam332. COL7 was expressedin CHO-DG44 cells, was purified by size exclusion chromatography, andwas assayed for preferential binding to Lam332 as compared to BSA toestablish the assay (increase in OD450 corresponds to increase in COL7binding to Laminin332).

FIG. 4B depicts Lam332 binding of COL7 in LV-COL7-transduced fibroblasts(as transduced by the INXN-2002 vector) culture supernatants. DrugSubstance vials were thawed and cultured for 3 days. Conditioned cellculture supernatants were collected and assayed for binding to Lam332compared with BSA control. Results show virus dose-dependent binding toLam332.

FIG. 5 depicts composite RDEB skin grafts on the dorsum of SCID micethat were injected intradermally with 1×10⁶ GM-HDF (as transduced by theINXN-2002 vector) and analyzed by immunofluorescent staining with humanCOL7 specific antibodies. Representative images are shown. Localizationof COL7 was observed in composite grafts (n=4) generated with RDEBkeratinocytes at Day 10-post intradermal injection of 1×10⁶ GM-HDF.Positive control grafts generated from normal keratinocytes andfibroblasts showed intense COL7 staining and negative control grafts didnot show COL7 staining at baseline measurements (arrows at DEJ fornegative baseline comparison).

FIG. 6 provides a schematic of the pSMPUW lentiviral expression plasmidvector.

FIG. 7 compares the features of the pSMPUW lentiviral expression vectorrelative to 3rd generation lentivirus expression vectors.

FIG. 8 provides a schematic of the pFUGW lentiviral expression plasmidvector.

FIG. 9 depicts an electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles.

FIG. 10 provides the immunoprecipitation results for TR8 GM-HDFsdetecting the formation of C7 trimers.

FIG. 11A provides the immunoprecipitation results for TR10 and ER1GM-HDFs detecting the formation of C7 trimers.

FIG. 11B provides the immunoprecipitation results for TR9 detecting theformation of C7 trimers.

FIG. 12 shows the results of Lam332 binding results by C7 as expressedby GM-HDFs.

FIG. 13 provides a schematic of the lentiviral vector plasmid construct,which encodes a COL7A1 gene.

FIG. 14 presents a schematic of the proviral RNA genome structure of theINXN-2002 lentiviral vector.

FIG. 15 shows a schematic depicting the details of the mature INXN-2002virus particle.

FIG. 16 provides a schematic of the in vitro immortalization assay toassess the potential for insertional genotoxicity of INXN-2002.

FIG. 17 represents typical cell morphology and structures of FXC-007 inculture.

FIG. 18 provides a graph of the C7 expression levels as determined byELISA for particular dosages of the TR8 GM-HDFs.

FIG. 19 provides the western blot showing the immunoprecipitation of C7trimers against NC1-specific antibodies as produced by FCX-007 GM-HDFs.

FIG. 20 shows the assay readout (optical density at 450 nm (OD450)) fora binding assay to detect the interaction of C7 with laminin 332 orbovine serum albumin (BSA)-coated wells. Bound C7 was detecting using aC7 NC1-specific antibody and an HRP-conjugated secondary antibody.

FIG. 21A graphically represents the amount of cell migration of normaland RDEB patient fibroblasts transduced with the LV-COLT over time.

FIG. 21B provides images of the cell migration of normal and RDEBpatient fibroblasts transduced with the LV-COLT over time.

FIG. 22 provides the schematic for the cloning of human COL7A1 gene.

FIG. 23 provides the schematic of the cloning of the COL7A1 gene intothe pSMPUW expression vector to produce the INXN-2002 lentiviral vectortransfer plasmid, IGE230.

FIG. 24 provides the schematic representation of the construction of theINXN-2004 lentiviral vector transfer plasmid (IGE308).

FIG. 25A schematically depict the gene elements of the IGE308 plasmid.

FIG. 25B schematically depict the gene elements of the IGE308 plasmid.

FIG. 26 provides the immunofluorescence analysis of GM-HDF injectedcomposite grafts.

FIG. 27 provides a graph representing the LV-COLT transcript levels asmeasured by its fold change value over control cells.

FIG. 28 provides representative images of C7 staining for INXN-2002 andLV-HA-COL7-transduced RDEB fibroblasts.

FIG. 29 provides a graphical representation of the C7 protein levels asmeasured in the cell supernatants of GM-HDFs transduced by TR8, TR9, T10and ER1.

FIG. 30 graphically represents the correction of hypermotility ofGM-HDFs over time for TR8, TR9, TR10 and ER1.

FIG. 31 depicts representative indirect immunofluorescence (IF) imagesto examine C7 protein expression by GM-HDF cells using an antibodyspecific for C7 at two magnifications, 20× and 5×. (Only Arm A wastested for TR12.1 and TR13. Only Arm A of TR8 is shown for comparison ofprevious processes.)

FIG. 32 provides the percentage of C7-positive (C7+) cells of GM-HDFsfor each training run arm of TR11, TR12.1 and TR13.

FIG. 33 provides a graph representation of the amount of C7 proteinlevels expressed for TR8, TR11, TR12.1 and 13. Error bars representstandard deviation; n=3. Only Arm A results are shown for TR8, TR12.1,and TR13.

FIG. 34 provides the SDS-PAGE/immunoblots for the detection of C7trimers (a) TR11, (b) TR12.1 and TR13 GM-HDFs.

FIG. 35 depicts a graph of C7 expressed by GM-HDF that bind to Laminin332 (Lam332) for TR11, TR12.1 and TR13.

FIG. 36 provides the results of cell migration assays depicting thecorrection of hypermotility (% migration) over time for GM-HDFs forTR11, TR12.1 and TR13. The hypermotility of normal human dermalfibroblasts (NHDF) and a control fibroblasts from recessive dystrophicepidermolysis bullosa cells are provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms and anyacronyms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood byone of ordinary skill in the art in the field of this invention.Although any compositions, methods, kits, and means for communicatinginformation similar or equivalent to those described herein can be usedto practice this invention, the preferred compositions, methods, kits,and means for communicating information are described herein.

All references cited herein are incorporated herein by reference to thefull extent allowed by law. The discussion of those references isintended merely to summarize the assertions made by their authors. Noadmission is made that any reference (or a portion of any reference) isrelevant prior art. Applicants reserve the right to challenge theaccuracy and pertinence of any cited reference.

In order that the present invention may be more readily understood,certain terms are herein defined. Additional definitions are set forththroughout the detailed description.

The use of the word “a” or “an” when used in conjunction with the term“comprising” in the claims and/or the specification may mean “one,” butit is also consistent with the meaning of “one or more,” “at least one,”and “one or more than one.”

Throughout this application, the term “about” is used to indicate that avalue includes the inherent variation of error for the device, themethod being employed to determine the value, or the variation thatexists among the study subjects. Typically, the term is meant toencompass approximately or less than 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%,10%, 11%, 12%, 13%, 14%, 15%, 16%, 17%, 18%, 19% or 20% variabilitydepending on the situation.

The use of the term “or” in the claims is used to mean “and/or” unlessexplicitly indicated to refer to alternatives only or the alternativesare mutually exclusive, although the disclosure supports a definitionthat refers to only alternatives and “and/or.”

As used in this specification and claim(s), the words “comprising” (andany form of comprising, such as “comprise” and “comprises”), “having”(and any form of having, such as “have” and “has”), “including” (and anyform of including, such as “includes” and “include”) or “containing”(and any form of containing, such as “contains” and “contain”) areinclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecitedelements or method steps. It is contemplated that any embodimentdiscussed in this specification can be implemented with respect to anymethod or composition of the invention, and vice versa. Furthermore,compositions of the invention can be used to achieve methods of theinvention.

Nucleic acids and/or nucleic acid sequences are “homologous” when theyare derived, naturally or artificially, from a common ancestral nucleicacid or nucleic acid sequence. Proteins and/or protein sequences arehomologous when their encoding DNAs are derived, naturally orartificially, from a common ancestral nucleic acid or nucleic acidsequence. The homologous molecules can be termed homologs. For example,any naturally occurring proteins, as described herein, can be modifiedby any available mutagenesis method. When expressed, this mutagenizednucleic acid encodes a polypeptide that is homologous to the proteinencoded by the original nucleic acid. Homology is generally inferredfrom sequence identity between two or more nucleic acids or proteins (orsequences thereof). The precise percentage of identity between sequencesthat is useful in establishing homology varies with the nucleic acid andprotein at issue, but as little as 25% sequence identity is routinelyused to establish homology. Higher levels of sequence identity, e.g.,30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95% or 99% or more can also be usedto establish homology. Methods for determining sequence identitypercentages (e.g., BLASTP and BLASTN using default parameters) aredescribed herein and are generally available.

The terms “identical” or “sequence identity” in the context of twonucleic acid sequences or amino acid sequences of polypeptides refers tothe residues in the two sequences which are the same when aligned formaximum correspondence over a specified comparison window. A “comparisonwindow”, as used herein, refers to a segment of at least about 20contiguous positions, usually about 50 to about 200, more usually about100 to about 150 in which a sequence may be compared to a referencesequence of the same number of contiguous positions after the twosequences are aligned optimally. Methods of alignment of sequences forcomparison are well-known in the art. Optimal alignment of sequences forcomparison may be conducted by the local homology algorithm of Smith andWaterman (1981) Adv. Appl. Math. 2:482; by the alignment algorithm ofNeedleman and Wunsch (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443; by the search forsimilarity method of Pearson and Lipman (1988) Proc. Nat. Acad. SciU.S.A. 85:2444; by computerized implementations of these algorithms(including, but not limited to CLUSTAL in the PC/Gene program byIntelligentics, Mountain View Calif, GAP, BESTFIT, BLAST, FASTA, andTFASTA in the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package, Genetics ComputerGroup (GCG), 575 Science Dr., Madison, Wis., U.S.A.); the CLUSTALprogram is well described by Higgins and Sharp (1988) Gene 73:237-244and Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS 5:151-153; Corpet et al. (1988)Nucleic Acids Res. 16:10881-10890; Huang et al (1992) ComputerApplications in the Biosciences 8:155-165; and Pearson et al. (1994)Methods in Molecular Biology 24:307-331. Alignment is also oftenperformed by inspection and manual alignment.

In one class of embodiments, the polypeptides herein are at least 70%,generally at least 75%, optionally at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 98% or 99% ormore identical to a reference polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, e.g.,as measured by BLASTP (or CLUSTAL, or any other available alignmentsoftware) using default parameters. Similarly, nucleic acids can also bedescribed with reference to a starting nucleic acid, e.g., they can be50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 98%, 99% or more identical to areference nucleic acid or a fragment thereof, e.g., as measured byBLASTN (or CLUSTAL, or any other available alignment software) usingdefault parameters. When one molecule is said to have certain percentageof sequence identity with a larger molecule, it means that when the twomolecules are optimally aligned, said percentage of residues in thesmaller molecule finds a match residue in the larger molecule inaccordance with the order by which the two molecules are optimallyaligned.

The term “substantially identical” as applied to nucleic acid or aminoacid sequences means that a nucleic acid or amino acid sequencecomprises a sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity or more,preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 98% and mostpreferably at least 99%, compared to a reference sequence using theprograms described above (preferably BLAST) using standard parameters.For example, the BLASTN program (for nucleotide sequences) uses asdefaults a word length (W) of 11, an expectation (E) of 10, M=5, N=−4,and a comparison of both strands. For amino acid sequences, the BLASTPprogram uses as defaults a word length (W) of 3, an expectation (E) of10, and the BLOSUM62 scoring matrix (see Henikoff & Henikoff, Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:10915 (1992)). Percentage of sequence identityis determined by comparing two optimally aligned sequences over acomparison window, wherein the portion of the polynucleotide sequence inthe comparison window may comprise additions or deletions (i.e., gaps)as compared to the reference sequence (which does not comprise additionsor deletions) for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The percentageis calculated by determining the number of positions at which theidentical nucleic acid base or amino acid residue occurs in bothsequences to yield the number of matched positions, dividing the numberof matched positions by the total number of positions in the window ofcomparison and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage ofsequence identity. Preferably, the substantial identity exists over aregion of the sequences that is at least about 50 residues in length,more preferably over a region of at least about 100 residues, and mostpreferably the sequences are substantially identical over at least about150 residues. In a most preferred embodiment, the sequences aresubstantially identical over the entire length of the coding regions.

A “functional variant” of a protein disclosed herein can, for example,comprise the amino acid sequence of the reference protein with at leastor about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19, or 20 conservative amino acid substitutions. The phrase“conservative amino acid substitution” or “conservative mutation” refersto the replacement of one amino acid by another amino acid with a commonproperty. A functional way to define common properties betweenindividual amino acids is to analyze the normalized frequencies of aminoacid changes between corresponding proteins of homologous organisms(Schulz, G. E. and Schirmer, R. H., Principles of Protein Structure,Springer-Verlag, New York (1979)). According to such analyses, groups ofamino acids may be defined where amino acids within a group exchangepreferentially with each other, and therefore resemble each other mostin their impact on the overall protein structure (Schulz, G. E. andSchirmer, R. H., supra). Examples of conservative mutations includeamino acid substitutions of amino acids within the sub-groups above, forexample, lysine for arginine and vice versa such that a positive chargemay be maintained; glutamic acid for aspartic acid and vice versa suchthat a negative charge may be maintained; serine for threonine such thata free —OH can be maintained; and glutamine for asparagine such that afree —NH₂ can be maintained. In one embodiment of the present invention,a COL7A1 gene encodes for the C7 protein or a functional variantthereof, provided that the variant is capable of anchoring the fibrilsbetween the epidermis and dermis.

Alternatively or additionally, the functional variants can comprise theamino acid sequence of the reference protein with at least onenon-conservative amino acid substitution. “Non-conservative mutations”involve amino acid substitutions between different groups, for example,lysine for tryptophan, or phenylalanine for serine, etc. In this case,it is preferable for the non-conservative amino acid substitution to notinterfere with, or inhibit the biological activity of, the functionalvariant. The non-conservative amino acid substitution may enhance thebiological activity of the functional variant, such that the biologicalactivity of the functional variant is increased as compared to thereference sequence.

Proteins disclosed herein (including functional portions and functionalvariants thereof) may comprise synthetic amino acids in place of one ormore naturally-occurring amino acids. Such synthetic amino acids areknown in the art, and include, for example, aminocyclohexane carboxylicacid, norleucine, α-amino n-decanoic acid, homoserine,S-acetylaminomethyl-cysteine, trans-3- and trans-4-hydroxyproline,4-aminophenylalanine, 4-nitrophenylalanine, 4-chlorophenylalanine,4-carboxyphenylalanine, β-phenylserine β-hydroxyphenylalanine,phenylglycine, α-naphthylalanine, cyclohexylalanine, cyclohexylglycine,indoline-2-carboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylicacid, aminomalonic acid, aminomalonic acid monoamide,N′-benzyl-N′-methyl-lysine, N′,N′-dibenzyl-lysine, 6-hydroxylysine,ornithine, α-aminocyclopentane carboxylic acid, α-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid, α-aminocycloheptane carboxylic acid,α-(2-amino-2-norbornane)-carboxylic acid, α,γ-diaminobutyric acid,α,β-diaminopropionic acid, homophenylalanine, and α-tert-butylglycine.

The invention includes the vectors INXN-2002; and IGE308 also referredto herein as INXN-2004, as well as vectors substantially identicaland/or homologous thereto as well as functional variants thereof.

The term “patient” or “subject” refers to mammals, including humans andanimals.

The term “treating” refers to reducing or alleviating the symptoms,and/or preventing relapses and/or the progression of DEB, including RDEBand/or DDEB.

The term “autologous cells” refers to cells obtained and then returnedto the same individual. In particular, cells may be removed from thebody of a DEB patient, which may subsequently be genetically modified,cultivated to proliferate, and then returned to the body of the patientfrom which they were originally removed.

The term “transduction” refers to the delivery of a gene(s) using aviral or retroviral vector by means of viral infection rather than bytransfection.

The term “transducing lentiviral vector” or “transducing lentiviralvector particle” refers to the infectious lentiviral vector particlesformed from the co-transfection of a packaging cell line with thelentiviral expression/transfer plasmid vector comprising the COL7A1 geneor functional variant thereof, a packaging vector(s), and an envelopevector. The transducing lentiviral vector is harvested from thesupernatant of the producer cell culture after transfection. Suitablepackaging cell lines are known in the art and include, for example, the293T cell line.

The term “lentiviral vector” refers to a vector containing structuraland functional genetic elements outside the LTRs that are primarilyderived from a lentivirus.

The term “self-inactivating vector” (SIN) refers to vectors in which the3′ LTR enhancer-promoter region, known as the U3 region, has beenmodified (e.g., by deletion or substitution) to prevent viraltranscription beyond the first round of viral replication. Consequently,the vectors are capable of infecting and then integrating into the hostgenome only once, and cannot be passed further. SIN vectors greatlyreduce risk of creating unwanted replication-competent virus since the3′ LTR U3 region has been modified to prevent viral transcription beyondthe first round of replication, eliminating the ability of the virus tobe passed.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” is employed herein torefer to liquid solutions which are, within the scope of sound medicaljudgment, suitable for use in contact with the autologous,genetically-modified cells without affecting their activity, and withoutbeing toxic to the tissues of human beings and animals or causingirritation, allergic response, or other complications, commensurate witha reasonable benefit/risk ratio. A useful pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier may be an injectable solution which is biocompatible with theautologous, genetically-modified cells and does not reduce theiractivity or cause their death.

The present invention relates to an autologous, genetically-modifiedcell therapy for C7-deficient patients. “C7-deficient patients” eitherlack or have substantially reduced production of type VII collagen (C7),which is important for anchoring fibril formation at thedermal-epidermal junction (DEJ), resulting in dystrophic epidermolysisbullosa (DEB). The present invention relates to harvesting DEB patientcells, such as fibroblasts or keratinocytes, genetically modifying theharvested cells to insert a functional COL7A1 gene or functional variantthereof, expanding the genetically modified cells, and administering apopulation of the genetically-modified cells back into the DEB patient.

Cells are harvested from a patient suffering from DEB. Fibroblasts orkeratinocytes are preferred. The cells may be obtained through knownmethods, including from patient skin samples, scrapings, and biopsies,for example. In one embodiment, the cells are obtained from thenon-blistering skin of a DEB patient. In another embodiment, the cellsare obtained from the blistering skin of a DEB patient. The cellsharvested from a DEB patient have either a mutated, non-functional ormissing COL7A1 gene. These cells are cultured using standard cellculture techniques. The harvested patient's cells are subsequentlytreated ex vivo with genetic material encoding a functional type VIIcollagen gene (C7) or functional variant thereof.

The COL7A1 gene has the nucleic acid, SEQ ID NO:1, which encodes for a290 kDa alpha chain, wherein three chains form a triple helix (trimer),as depicted in FIG. 1A. C7 has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2and is the protein important for anchoring fibril formation at thedermal-epidermal junction (DEJ). Mutations in the C7 gene cause anabsence or reduction of C7, which make up anchoring fibrils thatmaintain binding of the epidermis to the dermis. C7 anchoring fibrilsbind to other collagens, extracellular matrix proteins, and Lam332 thatmediate the attachment of the dermis to the epidermis, as shown in FIG.1B. The absence of anchoring fibrils leads to blistering of the skin.The invention also includes using vectors comprising nucleic acids andpolypeptides substantially identical to COL7A1 and C7 respectively. Inanother embodiment, the present invention includes vectors that comprisenucleic acids that encode a functional variant of the COL7A1 or C7protein, provided that the variant is capable of anchoring the fibrilsbetween the epidermis and dermis. Another aspect of the inventionincludes the use of only the open reading frame of the COL7A1 gene,which encodes the C7 protein or a functional variant thereof. In someembodiments, the COL7A1 nucleic acid is codon-optimized for increasedexpression of C7 in the transduced cell, as is known in the art.

In accordance with the present invention, the COL7A1 can be transducedinto the harvested DEB cells using a transducing lentiviral vector,which is replication defective and self-inactivating. Self-inactivatinglentiviral vectors are derived from the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV-1), which are pseudotyped with a heterologous VSV-G envelopeprotein instead of the HIV-1 envelope protein. As previously reported, a400 bp deletion is introduced to the U3 region of the LTR resulting in aself-inactivating (SIN) vector (Zuffery 1998). The vectors of thepresent invention are distinguished from 2nd and 3rd generation SINvectors. In particular, the vectors of the present invention have beenmodified to enhance the safety features and increase the cloningcapacity as further described herein.

Vectors used to construct the transducing lentiviral vectors of thepresent invention are introduced via transfection or infection into apackaging cell line. The packaging cell line produces transducinglentiviral vector particles that contain the vector genome. Aftercotransfection of the packaging vectors, transfer vector, and anenvelope vector to the packaging cell line, the recombinant virus isrecovered from the culture media and titered by standard methods used bythose of skill in the art. Thus, the packaging constructs can beintroduced into human cell lines by calcium phosphate transfection,lipofection or electroporation, generally together with a dominantselectable marker, such as kanamycin, neomycin, DHFR, or Glutaminesynthetase, followed by selection in the presence of the appropriatedrug and isolation of clones. The selectable marker gene can be linkedphysically to the packaging genes in the construct.

Stable cell lines wherein the packaging functions are configured to beexpressed by a suitable packaging cell are known. For example, see U.S.Pat. No. 5,686,279; and Ory et al., (1996), which describe packagingcells. The packaging cells with a lentiviral vector incorporated in themform producer cells. Producer cells are thus cells or cell-lines thatcan produce or release packaged infectious viral particles carrying thetherapeutic gene of interest. An example of a suitable lentiviral vectorpackaging cell lines includes 293 cells.

In one embodiment of the invention, the transducing lentiviral vector isconstructed from a lentiviral expression plasmid vector comprising (a) amodified 5′ long terminal repeat (LTR), wherein the promoter of themodified 5′ LTR is a cytomegalovirus promoter, (b) the COL7A1 gene, (c)at least one lentiviral central polypurine tract element, and (d) amodified 3′ LTR, wherein the modified 3′ LTR comprises a deletionrelative to the wild-type 3′ LTR and comprises a deletion of a hepatitisB virus post-transcriptional regulatory element (PRE).

In another aspect of the invention, the deleted hepatitis B viruspost-transcriptional regulatory element (PRE) is a woodchuckpost-transcriptional regulatory element PRE (WPRE).

In another aspect of the invention, the lentiviral expression plasmidvector comprises two or more lentiviral central polypurine tract (cPPT)elements. Incorporation of cPPT element has been found to increase geneexpression levels.

In another aspect of the invention, the 3′ LTR may be modified to deletea 400 bp fragment (as disclosed by Zuffery 1998), instead of thecommonly used 133 bp deletion of standard 3rd generation SIN LV vectors.The 400 bp deletion is believed to increase safety by preventingread-through transcription as well increase viral titer because thevector transcript is more stable in packaging cells.

In yet another aspect of the invention, the lentiviral expressionplasmid may incorporate a hepatitis B virus post-transcriptionalregulatory element (PRE), which is preferably woodchuckpost-transcriptional regulatory element PRE (WPRE). WPRE has been foundto increase the viral titer of the vector.

The addition of the cPPT, and modified 3′LTR deletion has been shown toimprove the function of the lentiviral vector comprising the COL7A1 geneof the present invention to increase gene expression levels, viraltiter, and safety.

The present invention further includes the use of lentiviral transfervectors in which certain elements common for 3rd generation lentiviralexpression vectors are deleted. In particular, safety concerns for useof lentiviral vectors in humans hinge on the fear of generating areplication-competent lentivirus, which may arise from recombinationbetween split genomes of 3rd generation lentiviral vectors. (Tareen etal., 2013.). The gag sequence and/or the rev-responsive elements (RRE)may be deleted from the viral vector, in order to reduce sequencehomology with other helper plasmids and thereby increase safety tohumans. Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, the gagsequence is absent in the vector. In another embodiment of theinvention, both the gag sequence and RRE is absent in the vector.

The starting materials to generate the lentiviral vectors of the presentinvention is preferably a lentiviral expression plasmid vector thatcomprises a cPPT and PRE that can accommodate the insertion of the largeCOL7A1 gene (8.89 kbp) or a functional variant thereof. Preferably, thestarting material to construct the transducing lentiviral vector of thepresent invention is selected from the lentiviral expression plasmidvectors, pSMPUW (Cell Biolabs, Inc., San Diego, Calif.) and pFUGW(Addgene, Cambridge, Mass.).

In one aspect of the invention, the pSMPUW lentiviral expression plasmidvector is selected for construction of the transducing lentiviralvector. FIG. 6 shows a schematic of the genetic elements in the pSMPUWlentiviral expression plasmid vector. Features of the pSMPUW lentiviralexpression vector have been modified from 3rd generation lentivirusexpression vectors in order to enhance gene expression levels and safetyfeatures, as depicted in FIG. 7. In particular, the pSMPUW lentiviralexpression vector encodes for a multicloning site (MCS) followed by theWoodchuck Hepatitis Virus Post-transcriptional regulatory element(WPRE). The residual gag (Agag) and the RRE element were removed fromthe pSMPUW vector construct. Additionally, the pSMPUW vector constructutilized a larger 400 bp deletion in the 3′LTR U3 region instead of thecommonly used 133 bp deletion in a standard 3rd generation SIN LVvector. Wild type COL7A1 gene was incorporated into the pSMPUW vector.

In another aspect of the invention, the pFUGW lentiviral expressionplasmid is selected for construction of the transducing lentiviralvector. FIG. 8 shows a schematic of the genetic elements in this plasmidvector. Features of the pFUGW vector include a RRE, two cPPT elements,and a WPRE element, which may improve lentiviral production andtransgene expression.

In another aspect of the invention, the WPRE element has been deletedfrom the lentiviral vector.

In an embodiment of the present invention, transducing lentiviral vectorparticles of the present invention are designated INXN-2002 (vectortransfer plasmid—IGE230) or INXN-2004 (vector transfer plasmid—IGE308),or a substantially identical vector comprising functional variantsthereof.

The cells harvested from the DEB patient are transformed with afunctional COL7A1 gene. In one aspect of the invention, the cells aretransduced with a lentiviral vector having the COL7A1 gene. In anotheraspect of the invention, the lentiviral vector is a self-inactivatingvector. The copy number of the integrated transgene can be assessedusing any known methods. For example, copy number may be determinedthrough quantitative PCR, multiplex ligation-dependent probeamplification, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH),microarray-based copy number screening, and conventional karyotyping.The number of copies of the transgene integrated into each cell may bemodulated by the virus dose given to the cells during production. Theintegrated transgene copy number per cell in the RDEB harvested cellstransduced with a COL7A1-containing vector is dose dependent.

Cells harvested from the DEB patient and transformed with the functionalCOL7A1 gene will have a functional COL7A1 gene and exhibit normal cellmorphologies. These cells may be caused to proliferate or expanded inculture using standard cell culture techniques.

Normal fibroblast morphological characteristics are observed amongharvested fibroblasts transduced with COL7A1-transducing vectors withinthe scope of the present invention. For example, normal fibroblastmorphologies include cells displaying elongated, fusiform or spindleappearance with slender extensions. Normal morphologies further includecells appearing larger, flattened stellate cells which may havecytoplasmic leading edges. FIG. 9 displays an example of normal cellmorphology for fibroblasts transduced with a COL7A1-transducing vector.

The production of C7 produced by harvested DEB patient cells transducedwith a COL7A1-transducing vector has also been observed. In particular,the formation of C7 trimers is important in the assembly of anchoringfibrils. It has been found that DEB patient cells transduced with aCOL7A1-transducing vector are capable of forming the C7 trimers with thecorrect structure, size, and function.

In one aspect of the invention, it is possible to verify that the C7expressed by fibroblasts transduced with a COL7A1-transducing vectorwill be capable of forming anchoring fibrils using immunoprecipitationwith an anti-C7 specific antibody. For example, the anti-C7 specificantibody, fNC1, may be used for selective capture and the concentrationof C7 from culture supernatants for detection by SDS-PAGE/immunoblot.For example, FIGS. 9 and 10 demonstrate that C7 produced by fibroblaststransduced with a COL7A1-transducing vector were predominantly trimeric.

In another aspect of the invention, the function of C7 may be assessedusing known methods, such as using a laminin binding assay or cellmigration assay. C7 has been shown to bind immobilized extracellularmatrix (ECM) components, including fibronectin, Laminin 332 (Lam332),COL1, and COL4 (Chen, et al., 2002a). The interaction between C7 andLam332 occurs through the NH2-terminal NC1 domain of C7 and is dependentupon the native conformation of both Lam332 and C7 NC1 (Rousselle, etal., 1997). The association between C7 and Lam332 is important forestablishing correct Lam332 architecture at the dermal-epidermaljunction. Such organization is important for interactions withextracellular ligands and cell surface receptors, and for cell signaling(Waterman, et al., 2007). In one aspect of the invention, an ELISA usingan antibody against the C7 NC1 domain to detect binding of C7 topurified Lam332 has been developed. Although a C7/Lam332 binding ELISAhas already been described in the literature (Chen, et al., 2002a), toour knowledge it has never been used to test C7 present in thesupernatants of transduced cells. Results in FIG. 12 show dose-dependentbinding to Lam332 by C7 expressed by GM-HDFs from the Training andEngineering runs.

In addition, a cell migration assay can be used to assess functional C7activity. Previous studies have shown that RDEB fibroblasts andkeratinocytes show an increase in motility relative to their normalcounterparts, and that normal motility can be restored by expression ofC7 (Chen, et al., 2000; Chen, et al., 2002b; Cogan, et al. 2014;Baldeschi et al., 2003). Suitable assay includes the colloidal gold saltmigration assay to measure the migration of fibroblasts andkeratinocytes, or a wound healing assay to measure the migration ofkeratinocytes. Cells having functional C7 activity will exhibit areduced motility relative to RDEB cells in such assays.

The present invention is directed, in one aspect, to pharmaceuticalformulations comprising the autologous, genetically-modified cells fromDEB patients. These cells may be present in any amount suitable for thedelivery to the patient in which the cells were originally harvested.For example, that cells may be present in a cell concentration of1.0-5.0×10⁷ cells/mL, 1.0-4.0×10⁷ cells/mL, 1.0-3.0×10⁷ cells/mL, or1.0-2.0×10⁷ cells/mL. The cells are present in present in a suspensionsuitable to sustain the viability of the cells, such as in Dulbecco'sModified Eagle's Medium (DMEM). In particular, the viability of thecells in the formulation are present in an amount of ≥60%, 70%, 75% or80%. Suitable excipients may also be present in the formulation, such asphosphate buffered saline which may be used to wash the cells fromthawed vials containing the autologous, genetically-modified.Preferably, no phenol red is present in the final formulation.

The autologous genetically modified cells of the present invention havea transducing vector copy number of at least or about 0.05, 0.09, 0.41,or 0.74 or in the range of about 0.1 to about 6.0, about 0.1 to about5.5, about 0.1 to about 5.0, about 0.1 to about 4.5, about 0.1 to about4.0, about 0.1 to about 3.5, about 0.1 to about 3.0, about 0.1 to about1, 0.4 to about 1, or 0.4 to about 0.75. Preferably, the transducingvector copy number is in the range of about 0.1 about 5.0. It has beenfound that the the transduced human dermal fibroblast or keratinocyteshave at least or about 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 40, 45,or 50-fold greater integrated transgene copy number per cell relative toa transduction composition not subjected to spinoculation orsuper-transduction. Moreover, the C7 protein expression values of theFCX-007 cells of the present invention are ≥300, 350, 400, 450, 500,550, or 600 ng/day/E6 cell. Preferably, the C7 protein expression valuesof the autologous genetically-modified cells of the present inventionare ≥500 ng/day/E6 cell. The present invention has also found thatexpression of C7 has increased by 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, or 200-foldrelative to transduced human dermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes notsubjected to spinoculation or a second transduction.

The multiplicity of infection (MOI) refers to the number of vectorparticles per cell used in transduction. In accordance with the presentinvention, the desired transducing vector copy number has been achievedeven as the MOIs decreases, as shown in the examples below. For example,the invention relates to MOIs of ≤15, ≤14, ≤13, ≤12, ≤11, or ≤10.Preferably, the MOI is between about 1 to 10.

The formulations of the present invention may be used to treat variousmaladies of patients suffering from Type VII deficiency. In particular,the formulations of the present invention are suitable to treat DEB,including DDEB or RDEB. In an embodiment of the invention, subtype ofRDEB may also be treated, including but not limited toHallopeau-Seiemens, non-Hallopeau-Siemens RDEB, RDEB inversa, pretibialRDEB, acral RDEB, and RDEB centripetalis.

The invention further relates to the treatment, reduction, prevention,and/or inhibition of various symptoms attributed to C7 deficiencies. Forexample, DEB is known to cause scarring after blisters, which may causecontracture deformities, swallowing difficulty if the mouth andesophagus are affected, fusion of fingers and toes, and limitedmobility. Therefore, in one aspect of the invention envisions thetreatment, reduction, inhibition, and/or prevention of pseudosyndactyly,also known as mitten hand syndrome. In another aspect, the inventionrelates to the treatment, reduction, inhibition, and/or prevention ofdeep fibrosis and/or scarring associated with RDEB and/or DDEB, whichmay result in milia, joint contractures, generalized soft tissuefibrosis, organ fibrosis, corneal lesions, scarring plaques, scarringalopecia, nail dystrophy, ankyloglosia, and increased frequency ofdental caries, for example. In another aspect, the invention relates tothe treatment, reduction, prevention, and/or inhibition of oral mucosalesions and gastrointestinal lesions associated with RDEB. Anotherembodiment relates to the treatment, prevention, reduction and/orinhibition of blisters associated with DEB patients.

Administration of the autologous genetically modified cells may be doneat any appropriate time as one skilled in the art would be capable ofdetermining based on the needs of the patient. For example,administration may be done once, once a day, once a month, once aquarter, or 1-2 times per year.

The formulation of the present invention containing the autologousgenetically modified cells may be administered to the patient by anyknown method, including but not limited to injection, topically, orally,or embedded in a biocompatible matrix. The injection may be, e.g.,parenteral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous,intraosseous, intraarterial, ocular and intraperitoneal or directinjection into a specific organ/tissue, e.g. prostate or liver.Topically, the formulation may be administered directly to an affectedsite, such as at the site of a lesion. Debridement of the affectedtissue can precede the direct application of the formulation to thesite. Alternatively, the formulation may be encapsulated in a suitabledelivery system, such as in a polymer capsule, or embedded in abiocompatible matrix or graft, e.g., collagen matrix, in a hydrogel,skin graft, or a mesh.

The autologous genetically modified cells of the present invention maybe administered solely or in combination with other treatments for apatient suffering from DEB. Examples of therapeutic agents used fortreating DEB include topical care, such as Zorblisa, skin grafts,anti-inflammatories, antibodies, other potential gene or cell-basedtherapies. In another embodiment, the modified cells of the presentinvention may be administered for for the skin or muoscal areas wherebone marrow transplant therapies (or other system cellular therapiessuch as mesenchymal stem cells) did not provide sufficient therapy. TheC7-expressing ability of the autologous genetically modified cells ispreferably not impaired by a combination with other therapeutic agents.

The present invention further relates to a method of enhancing orincreasing the integrated transgene copy number per cell in thegenetically modified cells obtained from C7-deficient patients andtransduced according to the present invention. In particular, it hasbeen found that certain steps during transduction substantially enhancedthe copy number of the transgene in these cells. In one aspect of theinvention, the cells obtained from the C7-deficient patient arecontacted with the lentiviral vector of the present invention and thatcomposition is subjected to spinoculation, also known as spintransduction. In this manner, the lentiviral vectors are spun onto thetargeted cells. The addition of spinoculation has unexpectedly increasedthe copy number per cells in the genetically modified human dermalfibroblasts by a level of ≥2-fold relative to a transduction withoutspinoculation or transduction. However, in order to identify additionalmethods to increase copy number, it has unexpectedly been found that asecond transduction step (or super-transduction) in which the targetedcells are passaged through the first transduction with spinoculation,and then subsequently passaged through a second transduction optionallywith spinoculation. In this manner, it has been found that thissuper-transduction with spinoculation increases the copy number by anadditional 2-fold increase relative to the original traditionaltransduction method that did not include spinoculation orsuper-transduction.

In another embodiment, it has been found that changing the lentiviralvector from INXN-2002 to INXN-2004 increased the transgene copy numberin the genetically modified human dermal fibroblasts by 4-fold relativeto traditional transduction without spinoculation or super-transduction.

Through extensively evaluating integrated transgene copy numbers, it hasbeen found the cumulative change of adding spinoculation, addingsuper-transduction with spinoculation, and changing from INXN-2002 toINXN-2004, relative to the original transduction process that did notinclude spinoculation or super-transduction, unexpectedly increased thecopy number>27-fold (see Example 9: comparing TR12.1 and TR3 to TR8 inoriginal studies (which did not include spinoculation orsuper-transduction). Accordingly, the present invention relates toincreased the copy number of the transduced cells from the C7-deficientpatient.

To further illustrate the invention, the following non-limiting examplesare provided.

EXAMPLES

FCX-007 is a suspension of live, autologous human dermal fibroblastcells genetically modified using either a lentiviral vector (INXN-2002)(as shown in Example 1) or a lentiviral vector (INXN-2004) (as shown inExample 2) to express the human collagen type 7 protein.

Example 1

A. Elucidation of Structure and Characteristics of FCX-007 Transducedwith Lentiviral Vector INXN-2002

The FCX-007 cells derived from the lentiviral vector INXN-2002 cells aresuspended in a cryopreservation medium consisting of Iscove's ModifiedDulbecco's Medium (IMDM) without fetal bovine serum (50.0%),Profreeze-CDM™ (42.5%) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (7.5%). Thestructural features for FCX-007 Drug Substance (DS) include the primarystructure of the autologous human dermal fibroblast (HDF) cells and thestructure of the lentiviral vector used to transduce and gene modify theHDF cells.

B. Lentiviral Vector (INXN-2002)

INXN-2002 Lentiviral Vector (LV), which is used to transduce and tointroduce the human collagen 7A1 gene into the HDF cells, is arecombinant lentiviral vector encoding the human collagen 7A1 gene.INXN-2002 LV is a self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector that isconstructed based on the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)pseudotyped with a heterologous VSV-G envelope protein. The virusparticle for INXN-2002 lentiviral vector is approximately 120 nm indiameter and is comprised of numerous proteins with two copies of asingle-stranded RNA genome. A specific molecular formula, molecularweight, or stereochemistry is not available.

Structural features for INXN-2002 LV include the primary structure ofthe RNA viral genome and the structure of the viral particle. Theprimary structure of the RNA genome of INXN-2002 is determined by thefull nucleotide sequencing of the viral genome. The viral particlesstructure is deduced from the particle structure of HIV-1 with addedVSV-G protein pseudotyping. An overview of the nucleic acid structureand the structure of the viral particle are provided below.

C. INXN-2002 RNA Viral Genome Structure

INXN-2002 LV is a self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector that isconstructed based on the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)pseudotyped with a heterologous VSV-G envelope protein instead of theHIV-1 envelope protein. A 400 bp deletion is introduced to the U3 regionof the LTR resulting in a self-inactivating (SIN) vector (Zuffery 1998).The pSMPUW lentiviral expression plasmid vector (Cell Biolabs, Inc., SanDiego, Calif.) was selected for construction of the INXN-2002 LV. FIG. 6shows a schematic of the genetic elements in the pSMPUW lentiviralexpression plasmid vector.

The coding elements between the 5′ and 3′ LTRs of the HIV-1 virus arefully gutted. The vector encodes for a multicloning site followed by theWoodchuck Hepatitis Virus Posttransscriptional Regulatory Element(WPRE). In order to maximize the cloning capacity of the vector, theseelements were removed by digesting the vector with BamHI from themulticloning site and KpnI at the 5′ end of the 3′ left terminal repeat.The COL7A1 gene expression cassette with a CMV promoter is cloned intothe digested vector by single strand annealing to generate thelentiviral vector plasmid construct encoding the COL7A1 gene as shown inFIG. 13.

The lentiviral vector plasmid construct is co-transfected into HEK293Tcells with three helper plasmids (pCMV-G, pCMV-Rev2 and pCgp) to producethe INXN-2002 lentiviral vector particles. pCMV-G plasmid provides theVSV-G pseudotyping surface protein, pCMV-Rev2 provides the HIV-1 Revprotein for efficient RNA transport and packaging, and pCgp provides thestructural and viral enzyme proteins for production of the INXN-2002lentiviral vector particles. FIG. 14 shows a schematic of the proviralRNA genome structure of the INXN-2002 lentiviral vector.

D. INXN-2002 Lentiviral Vector Particle Structure

INXN-2002 lentiviral vector is constructed based on a HIV-1 derivedvector backbone and has a similar viral particle structure to the HIV-1virus. FIG. 9 shows an electron micrograph of HIV-1 particles.

The HIV-1 particle has a spherical shape of approximately 120 nm indiameter, with an estimated molecular weight of 277MDa (Carlson 2008).The particle has a lipid bilayer membrane stubbed with envelope protein.The envelope protein interacts with the receptors on the target cellsfor infection and delivery of the RNA viral genome to the target cells.A cone shaped nucleo-core, where two strands of viral RNA genome ishoused, can be observed inside the virus particle. The cone shapednucleo-core is formed by the viral capsid protein.

For INXN-2002, VSV-G (glycoprotein of the vesicular stomatitis virus(VSV-G)) is used as a substitute for the HIV-1 envelope proteinsresulting in improved vector stability, target cell tropism, andtransduction efficiency (Cronin 2005).

During production, INXN-2002 viral particles assemble and bud out fromthe surface of transfected HEK293T cells. The VSV-G protein is providedby the pCMV-G helper plasmid, the vector core and enzyme proteins areprovided by the pCgp helper plasmid, and the Rev protein, which isneeded for efficient RNA genome transport and packaging into the viralparticle, is provided by the pCMV-Rev2 plasmid. It is noted that all theother HIV-1 accessory proteins including Vpu, Vif, Vpr, Nef, and Tat,are deleted from the INXN-2002 vector.

After budding from the producer cell surface, the protease enzymepackaged inside the virus particle cleaves the Gag precursor proteininto its constituent proteins (MA, CA, NC), to convert the immaturevirion into a mature infectious INXN-2002 vector particle. FIG. 15 showsa schematic depicting the details of the mature INXN-2002 virusparticle.

Two strands of the INXN-2002 RNA genome are packaged inside the coneshaped core formed by the Capsid protein (CA). The nucleocapsid (NC)protein forms a stable complex with the RNA genome inside the capsidcore. The matrix protein forms a coat on the inner surface of themembrane. The virus buds through the cell plasma membrane spiked withthe VSV-G envelope protein and forms the lipid envelope. Based on therecent three dimensional analysis of HIV-1 virus particle structure(Carlson 2008), Table 1 shows the component proteins that make up theINXN-2002 lentiviral vector and a brief description of the function ofeach of the components.

TABLE 1 INXN-2002 Lentiviral Vector Major Component Proteins ProteinComponent MW Proteins (kD) Protein functions Capsid (CA) 24 Forms thenucleo-core Matrix (MA) 17 Forms the protein coat on the inner surfaceof the lipid membrane Nucleocapsid  7 Forms a stable complex with theRNA genome (NC) VSV-G 69 Pseudotyped envelope protein interacts andbinds to receptors on target cells for trans- duction to deliver thevector RNA genome to the cells Protease 11 Plays an important role inthe maturation of the INXN-2002 vector by cleaving the Gag proteins toits functional constituents, CA, MA, and NC Reverse 66/51 Builds a DNAcopy of the viral RNA genome transcriptase Integrase 31 Inserts the DNAcopy of the viral RNA genome into the infected cell genome

E. INXN-2002 Characterization

Table 2 provides a list of the characterization assays andspecifications for INXN-2002 manufactured by City of Hope.Characterization assay results are provided in the attached CoA forINXN-2002 lot number 0786-240-0002-1, the lot intended for use inmanufacture of the FCX-007 clinical product.

TABLE 2 Characterization of INXN-2002 Target Cate- Test Specifica- goryAssay Method Lab SOP tion Identity Vector RT-PCR CoH QC-SOP- Band ofidentity 0843 correct size detected Vector Southern Indiana VP-10-17.16Report result insert blot analy- Univer- stability sis sity PotencyViral ELISA Indiana VP-10-05.06 Report result antigen Univer- Physicalsity Titer (p24) TU titer H1299 BioRe- 016135.BSV Report result trans-liance duction with qPCR readout C7 ELISA BioRe- 016136.BSV Reportresult expression liance (Potency) Appear- Appear- Visual CoH QC-SOP-Opaque ance inspection 0734 solution ance pH pH meter CoH QC-SOP-6.9-7.8 and pH 0675

F. Characterization of INXN-2002 by an In Vitro Immortalization Assay

The potential for insertional genotoxicity of INXN-2002 was evaluatedusing an in vitro immortalization (IVIM) assay. The test was conductedat Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division ofExperimental Hematology & Cancer Biology (CCHMC).

The principle of the IVIM test is based on the understanding that normalLineage negative (Lin−) bone marrow (BM) cells will stop proliferatingafter 3-4 weeks in vitro, but in the presence of certain vectorintegrations which cause upregulation of proto-oncogenes, some cloneswill continue to proliferate after 5 or more weeks. The number of suchimmortalized clones is representative of the oncogenic potential of thevector. The immortalized clones are expanded and further analyzed forstem cell markers by FACS, vector copy number by qPCR or the site ofintegration by LAM-PCR. Insertion in common integration sites (cis) suchas Evil or Prdm 16 is frequently observed in immortalized clonesgenerated in IVIM assays (Calmels et al., 2005; Modlich et al., 2008).

Lineage-negative (Lin−) bone marrow (BM) cells from C57BL/6 mice wereisolated from complete BM by magnetic sorting using lineage-specificantibodies. The Lin− BM cells were then cultured and stimulated incomplete growth medium for 2 days. On Day 4, cells were transduced withINXN-2002 vector in a 48-well plate coated with RetroNectin (10 μg/cm²,Takara). FIG. 16 shows a schematic setup of the IVIM assay.

To enhance the INXN-2002 transduction efficiency on Lin− BM cells,INXN-2002 vector was concentrated approximately 14-fold using a spinconcentrator. For transduction, 80 μL of the concentrated INXN-2002 wasadded to each well containing 1.5×10⁵ cells with 150 μL of transductionmedium. The plate was centrifuged for 1000 g at 32° C. for 70 minutes(spinocculation) to further enhance the transduction efficiency. Cellswere incubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ incubator 0/N.

In order to achieve a high INXN-2002 vector copy number in thetransduced Lin− BM cells, INXN-2002 transduction was repeated on Day 5,Day 6, and Day 7 for a total of 4 consecutive transductions.

The transduced Lin− BM cells were expanded for 10 days and cellconcentration was adjusted to 2-4×10⁵ cells/ml every two days, and freshmedium was provided as needed. On Day 10 post transduction, cells wereharvested and counted. A portion of the cells was then submitted for DNAisolation and qPCR to determine the vector copy number (VCN). Theremaining cells were placed back into culture for potential plating ofthe IVIM assay between days 18-21.

Table 3 shows the pilot test run result of INXN-2002 transduced Lin− BMcells harvested on Day 10.

TABLE 3 Day 10 Post-Transduction Lin- BM Cells Analysis Vector Copy TestArticle Total Cells Cell Viability per Cell INXN-2002 1.5 × 10⁶ 89% 0.09Control vector-1 2.7 × 10⁶ 95% 0.81 Control vector-2 2.1 × 10⁶ 91% 3.58Mock 3.0 × 10⁶ 88% 0.0

Despite the use of concentrated INXN-2002 vector and 4× consecutivespinocculation transduction, the vector copy number reached in the Lin−BM cells was significantly lower than the targeted copy number of 1-3expected for the IVIM test. The pilot test was terminated.

Because of the low vector copy numbers experienced in the IVIM assays aswell as the low vector copy numbers achieved in all the RDEB fibroblastcell transduction runs, it is believed that this lot of INXN-2002 posesminimal risk of insertional genotoxicity when used to transduce RDEBfibroblast cells. No further analysis of this lot of INXN-2002 by theIVIM assay was pursued.

G. FCS-007 Transduced with INXN-2002

The human dermal fibroblast cells used for the manufacture of FCX-007are derived from a live skin biopsy. The biopsy is digested usingLiberase® (Roche) to release the dermal fibroblast cells and then thecells are expanded in culture using standard cell culture techniques. Atthe completion of culture expansion after INXN-2002 transduction, thecells are harvested and washed, then formulated to contain 1.0-3.0×10⁷cells/mL. The DS is tested for purity and confirmed to contain ≥98%fibroblasts by CD90 staining with cell viability of ≥85%.

FCX-007 cells transduced with the INXN-2002 LV in the DS formulationdisplay typical fibroblast morphologies when cultured on tissue culturesurfaces. Specifically, cells may display an elongated, fusiform orspindle appearance with slender extensions, or cells may appear aslarger, flattened stellate cells which may have cytoplasmic leadingedges. A mixture of these morphologies may also be observed. FIG. 17shows a typical cell morphology and structure of FCX-007 DS in culture.

The cells express proteins characteristic of normal fibroblastsincluding the fibroblast specific marker, CD90 (Thy-1), a 35 kDacell-surface glycoprotein, and the extracellular matrix proteins, suchas various types of collagen.

H. FCX-007 Derived from Lentiviral Vector INXN-2002: Drug SubstanceRelease Characterization

FCX-007 Drug Substance is characterized for release at three stagesduring manufacturing: in-process, bulk harvest, and aftercryopreservation (DS). Table 4 provides a list of the characterizationassays and specifications for release of FCX-007 DS manufactured by PCT.Characterization assay results for the finished Drug Substance areprovided in the attached CoTs for Training Run 8 Arm A, Arm B and Arm C(Non-Transduced Control).

TABLE 4 FCX-007 Drug Substance Release Characterization Stage Assay TestMethod SOP Specification In-Process Morphology Microscopic PCT SOP-0334Pass evaluation Cell confluence Microscopic PCT SOP-0334 Pass evaluationBulk Cell count Hemacytometer PCT SOP-0329 ≥1E9 Harvest Cell viabilityHemacytometer PCT SOP-0329 ≥85% Drug Cell Count Hemacytometer PCTSOP-0329 1.0-2.7E7 cells/mL Substance- Cell Viability Hemacytometer PCTSOP-0329 >/=85% Cryovial Purity FACS PCT SOP WI-1067 >/=98% CD-90+COL7A1 genecopy # qPCR BioReliance109011.BSV Report result C7 expressionELISA PCT SOP-0338 Report resultI. Additional FCX-007 DS Derived from INXN-2002 Characterization

Additional characterization of FCX-007 has been performed on thetraining production runs to confirm expression of functional C7. Therepresentative assessments shown below are from Training Run 8 (TR8)where cells were transduced with either a high dose (3.4 IU/cell) or lowdose (1.7 IU/cell) of LV-COLT, or were mock-transduced. Thesetransduction arms are also referred to as Arm A, B, and C, respectively.

J. FCX-007 DS Transduced with INXN-2002: C7 Expression Level

An enzyme-linked immunofluorescence assay (ELISA) was developed for thepurpose of quantifying C7 expression by FCX-007. For this assay, TR8Drug Substance vials (high dose, low dose, and mock-transduced) werethawed and cultured for 3 days and conditioned cell culture supernatantswere collected and assayed for C7. Results in FIG. 18 show virusdose-dependent protein expression that ranges from 60 to 120 ng/mL C7 inLV-COLT-transduced cells.

K. FCX-007 DS Transduced with INXN-2002: C7 Trimer Formation

Anchoring fibrils are formed from the assembly of C7 trimers. The properexpression and formation of C7 trimers by FCX-007 can be detected byimmunoprecipitation of C7 followed by non-denaturing SDS-PAGE/immunoblotanalyses. For FIG. 19, C7 was immunoprecipitated from FCX-007 cellculture supernatants at passage 1 and passage 2 post-thaw using aNC1-specific antibody and was separated on non-denaturing SDS-PAGE thenvisualized by western blot. The C7 produced by RDEB fibroblasts waspredominantly trimeric (red arrow; ˜870 kDa) with LV-COLT-transducedcells (Transduction Arms A and B) expressing more C7 thanmock-transduced cells (Arm C, starred). Monomeric (290 kDa) and dimeric(580 kDa) forms were also observed. Assay controls includedimmunopreciptation of purified C7 (Pur COLT) and immunoprecipitationwithout antibody or test sample (IP Controls).

L. FCX-007 Transduced with INXN-2002: C7 Binding to Lam332

C7 interacts with Laminin332 at the dermal/epidermal junction (DEJ). Theinteraction between C7 and Lammin332 is important for anchoring fibrilfunctionality (Chen 2002, Rousselle 1997, Waterman 2007). A bindingassay for detection of this interaction was developed at Intrexon. DrugSubstance vials (high dose, low dose, and mock-transduced) were thawedand cultured for 2 days. Conditioned cell culture supernatants werecollected and were incubated with Lam332 or bovine serum albumin(BSA)-coated wells and bound C7 was detected using a C7 NC1—specificantibody and an HRP-conjugated secondary antibody. The assay readout isoptical density at 450 nm (OD450). Results in FIG. 20 show virusdose-dependent binding to Lam332 compared with a BSA control.

M. FCX-007 Derived from INXN-2002 Migration Assessment

A migration assay was developed to assess function of C7. Chen 2000 hasdemonstrated that RDEB patient skin cells migrate faster than normalskin cells into an artificial wound margin created on tissue culturevessels, and that application of C7 can restore the migration rate.Normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs; Lonza) and cells from FCX-007Drug Substance vials were thawed and cultured. Cells were seeded intoculture dishes with an insert to prevent cell adherence in a small stripof the culture dish. The strip was then removed and the rate at whichthe cells migrated into the open area was monitored by microscopy andquantified using the irregular shape delineation plugin for ImageJsoftware. FIGS. 21A-21B show both the percent migration (A) and theimages of migration (B) for this assay. The results show that themock-transduced RDEB patient fibroblasts migrate into the open areafaster than NHDFs, and transduction with LV-COLT reverts the patientcells to a rate of migration similar to NHDFs. These results areconsistent with those described by Chen 2000.

Example 2: FCX-007 Transduced with INXN-2004 Lentiviral Vector

FCX-007 is an autologous fibroblast cell product genetically modified byINXN-2004 lentiviral vector (LV-COLT) to express the human collagen 7protein (C7). The materials used to manufacture FCX-007 DS/INXN-2004 aredescribed below are similar to that set forth above in Example 1, exceptthat the IGE-230 LV-COLT vector plasmid was used for the production ofINXN-2002. IGE-308 LV-COLT vector plasmid was used to make the INXN-2004vector. The same helper plasmids, pCMV-G, pCMV-Rev2, and pCgp were usedto co-transfect a 293 WCB cell line.

INXN-2004 Lentiviral Vector

IGE308 LV-COLT Vector Transfer Plasmid

The IGE308 plasmid was constructed using standard molecular cloningmethods. The construction process involved cloning of the human COL7A1gene and introduction of the cloned COL7A1 gene into a lentiviral vector(SIN) backbone, pFUGW, to produce the IGE308 LV-COL7 vector transferplasmid.

Cloning of the Human COL7A1 Gene

The COL7A1 gene cloned into the IGE308 LV-COL7 vector transfer plasmidis the same COL7A1 gene cloned into INXN-2002 (IGE230 vector transferplasmid).

Primers were designed and produced with the Takara PrimeScript reversetranscriptase to amplify the COL7A1 gene from human genomic cDNA. Fourprimer pairs, as shown in Table 5 were designed, each to amplifyapproximately 2 kb of the COL7A1 gene.

TABLE 5  Primer Sets used to Amplify the Human COL7A1 Gene ExpectedForward Reverse Amplicon Primer Primer Sequence Primer Primer SequenceSize (bp) Col1F1 CGACTTGTGTTGGGACTGG Col1R3 CCCGCACAGTGTAGCTAA 1753(SEQ ID CTAGCGCCACCATGACGCT (SEQ ID GCCC NO: 3) GCGGCTTCTGGTGGC NO: 7)Col1F3 GGGCTTAGCTACACTGTGC Col1R2 CCTTTGGACAATACACTG 2059 (SEQ ID GGG(SEQ ID GGCAGG NO: 4) NO: 8) Col1F2 CCTGCCCAGTGTATTGTCC Col1R4CAGATGCCTTGATGCCAG 2127 (SEQ ID AAAGG (SEQ ID CAG NO: 5) NO: 9) Col1F4CTGCTGGCATCAAGGCATC Col1R1 CGTGATTTCATTTGCTAC 2993 (SEQ ID TG (SEQ IDACGTAATCGATTCAGTCC NO: 6) NO: 10) TGGGCAGTACCTGTCCC

Products were amplified with two primer pairs (CollF2/CollR4 andCollF4/CollR1) designed to amplify the 5′ end 3790 base pairs (bp) ofCOL7A1 from human genomic cDNA along with a 5′ overhang for cloning intothe expression vector. The two 5′ PCR products (2127 bp and 2993 bp)were joined by overlap extension PCR to generate a 3790 bp finalproduct.

In order to clone the remainder of the gene, a fragment of DNA (341 bp,Col1A1-3, Table 6 was synthesized encompassing the final 322 bp of theCOL7A1 gene with overlaps to the PCR amplified 5′ 3790 bp gene fragmentand the cloning vector.

TABLE 6 Col1A1-3 Fragment Sequence Fragment Sequence Col1A1-3CGCTCCCAGAACATCACCTACCACTGCAAGAACAGCG (SEQ IDTGGCCTACATGGACCAGCAGACTGGCAACCTCAAGAA NO: 11)CGGCCCTGCTCCTCCAGGGCTCAACGAGATCGAGATCCGCGCCGAGGGCAACAGCCGCTTCACCTACAGCGTCACTGTCGATGGCTGCACGAGTCACACCGGAGCCTGGGGCAAGACAGTGATTGAATACAAAACCACCAAGACCTCCCGCCTGCGCATCATCGATGTGGCCCCCTTGGACGTTGGTGCCCCAGACCAGGAATTCGGCTTCGACGTTGGCCATGTCTGCTTCCTGTAAATCGATTACGTGTAGCAAATG AAATCACG

The two COL7A1 gene fragments (3790 bp and Col1A1-3) were assembled intoan inducible expression vector (VVN-257673) that had previously beendigested with NheI and ClaI using the In-Fusion HD Cloning Kit.Bacterial clones were screened by PCR with primers specific to thebackbone vector and COL7A1 sequence to identify candidates forsequencing. Positive clones were confirmed by digestion and COL7A1fragment DNA sequencing. The resulting plasmid was named VVN-4311835.

VVN-4311835 and a COL7A1 expression plasmid (SC300011) purchased fromOrigene were digested with BstZ17I and SapI. A 6276 bp fragment of theCOL7A1 gene was cloned from SC300011 into VVN-4311835. The resultingplasmid, VVN-4311835 (used the same plasmid number), was completelysequenced and the COL7A1 sequence was confirmed to be complete andwithout mutations.

VVN-4311835 plasmid was digested with NheI and ClaI, two restrictionenzymes with sites just outside of the COL7A1 coding sequence. Theexcised COL7A1 gene was cloned into a constitutive expression vector,VVN-257231 which was also digested with NheI and ClaI, to produceVVN-4319958. VVN-4319958 expresses the full length human COL7A1 underthe control of the constitutive CMV promoter.

FIG. 22 provides a schematic for the cloning of the human COL7A1 gene.

Introduction of the Cloned COL7A1 Gene into a Lentiviral Vector (SIN)

The pSMPUW lentiviral expression vector (VPK-211, Cell Biolabs, Inc.,San Diego, Calif.) was initially selected for construction of INXN-2002lentiviral vector encoding the COL7A1 gene based on its enhanced safetyfeatures and large cloning capacity.

FIG. 7 compares the pSMPUW vector to a standard 3rd generation SIN LVvector. The pSMPUW vector encodes for a multicloning site (MCS) followedby the Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Post-transcriptional regulatory element(WPRE). The residual gag (Agag) and the RRE element were removed fromthe pSMPUW vector construct. Additionally, the pSMPUW vector constructutilized a larger 400 bp deletion in the 3′LTR U3 region instead of thecommonly used 133 bp deletion in a standard 3rd generation SIN LVvector.

Details of the cloning of the COL7A1 gene into the pSMPUW lentiviralexpression vector for construction of INXN-2002 lentiviral vector weredescribed above in Example 1, and are further described below.

An insert was generated containing a CMV promoter followed by a Kozaksequence and a truncated version of the COL7A1 gene with BclI and SapIrestriction sites to use for introduction of the entire coding sequence.This insert was synthesized in two fragments, CColG and ColG2 (IDT)(Table 8). These two fragments were assembled with the digested pSMPUWvector using the In-Fusion HD Cloning Kit. Positive clones wereidentified using colony PCR with a primer specific to the plasmidbackbone (63968-3R), and a primer specific to the COL7A1 gene (ColS14).Plasmids from positive clones were purified and sequence confirmed togenerate IGE228. IGE228 was digested with FspI and BamHI.

Initial attempts to clone the COL7A1 gene using the BclI and SapI siteswere unsuccessful. An alternate strategy was devised using a PCR productas a linker to bypass the Bell restriction site. Primers EPF5 and Col1R3were used to generate a PCR product from the plasmid templateVVN-4319958. This product was digested with BamHI, which cuts 48 bpupstream of the 5′ end of COL7A1, and FspI, which cuts 1630 bp into the5′ end of COL7A1 to generate the 5′ linker.

The wild type COL7A1 gene was cut with FspI and SapI from VVN-4319958.This fragment was ligated to the digested IGE228 and the 5′ linker togenerate a lentivirus construct for the expression of COL7A1,VVN-4580853 (also named IGE230). Positive clones were identified usingthe primers ColS13, specific to COL7A1 and 63968-3R, specific to thelentiviral backbone. The plasmid was sequenced from the CMV promoter tothe 3′ end of COL7A1.

Table 7 below shows the synthetic gene sequences and primers used forintroduction of the COL7A1 gene into the pSMPUW lentiviral expressionvector.

TABLE 7 Synthetic Gene Elements and Primers Gene Element/ Primer NameSequence CColG TTCAAATTTTCGGGGGATCGCATTAGTTATTAATAGTAATCAATTACGGGG(SEQ ID NO: TCATTAGTTCATAGCCCATATATGGAGTTCCGCGTTACATAACTTACGGTAA 12)ATGGCCCGCCTGGTTGACCGCCCAACGACCCCCGCCCATTGACGTCAATAATGACGTATGTTCCCATAGTAACGCCAATAGGGACTTTCCATTGACGTCAATGGGTGGAGTATTTACGGTAAACTGCCCACTTGGTAGTACATCAAGTGTATCATACGCCAAGTACGCCCCCTATTGACGTCAATGACGGTAAATGGCCCGCCTGGTATTATGCCCAGTACATGACCTTATGGGACTTTCCTACTTGGCAGTACATCTGCGTATTAGTCATCGCTATTACCATGGTGATGCGGTTTTGGCAGTACATCAATGGGCGTGGATAGCGGTTTGACTCACGGGGATTTCCAAGTCTCCACCCCATTGACGTCAATGGGAGTTTGTTTTGGCACCAAAATCAACGGGACTTTCCAAAATGTCGTAACAACTCCGCCCCATTGACGCAAATGGGCGGTAGGCGTGTACGGTGGGAGGTCTATATAAGCAGAGCTGGTTTAGTGAACCGTCAGATCCGCTAGCATTGTGTGCTTTTCGGGCCACCATGACGCTGCGGCTTCTGGTGGCCGCGCTCTGCGCCGGGATCCTGGCAGAGGCGCCCCGAGTGCGAGCCCAGCACA GGGAGAGAGTGAC ColG2AGTGCGAGCCCAGCACAGGGAGAGAGTGACCTGCACGCGCCTTTACGCCG (SEQ ID NO:CTGACATTGTGTTCTTACTGGATGGCTCCTCATCCATTGGCCGCAGCAATTT 13)CCGCGAGGTCCGCAGCTTTCTCGAAGGGCTGGTGCTGCCTTTCTCTGGAGCAGCCAGTGCACAGGGTGTGCGCTTTGCCACAGTGCAGTACAGCGATGACCCACGGACAGAGTTCGGCCTGGATGCACTTGGCTCTGGGGGTGATGTGATCCGCGCCATCCGTGAGCTTAGCTACAAGGGGGGCAACACTCGCACAGGGGCTGCAATTCTCCATGTGGCTGACCATGTCTTCCTGCCCCAGCTGGCCCGACCTGGTGTCCCCAAGGTCTGCATCCTGATCACGTCTCTCATGCAGAGGAGGAAGAGCGGGTACCCCCTGAGGATGATGAGTACTCTGAATACTCCGAGTATTCTGTGGAGGAGTACCAGGACCCTGAAGCTCCTTGGGATAGTGATGACCCCTGTTCCCTGCCACTGGATGAGGGCTCCTGCACTGCCTACACCCTGCGCTGGTACCATCGGGCTGTGACAGGCAGCACAGAGGCCTGTCACCCTTTTGTCTATGGTGGCTGTGGAGGGAATGCCAACCGTTTTGGGACCCGTGAGGCCTGCGAGCGCCGCTGCCCACCCCGGGTGGTCCAGAGCCAGGGGACAGGTACTGCCCAGGACTGAGTACCTTTAAGACCAATGACTTACAA 63968-3R ATGGAAAAACGCCAGCAACG (SEQ ID NO:14) ColS14 (SEQ CTGTCACCCTTTTGTCTATG ID NO: 15) EPF5 (SEQ IDGTTGCCGGACACTTCTTGTCCTCT NO: 16) Col1R3 (SEQ CCCGCACAGTGTAGCTAAGCCCID NO: 17) ColS13 (SEQ AGAGGCCCCGAAGGACTTCA ID NO: 18)

FIG. 23 provides a schematic of the cloning of the COL7A1 gene into thepSMPUW expression vector to produce the INXN-2002 lentiviral vectortransfer plasmid, IGE230.

Results from continuing development indicated that deletion of the RREelement and the use of a large 400 bp deletion in the 3′LTR U3 region inthe pSMPUW vector construct, combined with the requirement to package alarge COL7A1 gene (8.8 kbp), resulted in a negative impact on LV-COLTvector production (infectious titer) and subsequent transduction and C7protein expression in RDEB fibroblast cells.

A 3^(rd) GEN SIN vector, pFUGW (FUGW, plasmid #14883, www.addgene.org)was selected to construct a second generation LV-COLT vector, INXN-2004.INXN-2004 was constructed to improve the vector copy number. FIG. 8provides a schematic of the genetic elements in the pFUGW lentiviralexpression plasmid vector.

The pFUGW vector contains a RRE, two cPPT elements, as well as a WPRE(woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element)element for achieving improved lentiviral vector production andtransgene expression. The IGE308 lentiviral vector transfer plasmid wasconstructed to maximize the transgene cloning capacity to accommodatethe insertion of the large COL7A1 gene (8.8 kbp).

The WPRE element, the hUBC promoter and the GFP reporter gene wereremoved through digestion of the vector with PacI and XhoI. An insertwas generated containing the 5′ end of the CMV promoter followed by asmall fragment of the 3′ end of COL7A1 gene. This insert (ColCN) wassynthesized at IDT as a G-Block fragment (sequence in Table 8). Thefragment was assembled with the digested pFUGW vector using a Gibsoncloning derivative method. Positive clones were identified using colonyPCR with primers specific to the plasmid backbone (FugwQCF and FugwQCR).Plasmids from positive clones were purified and sequence confirmed togenerate IGE301.

IGE301 was then digested with BaeI. IGE230 was digested with AseI andSapI to create a fragment containing the 3′ end of the CMV promoter, the5′ UTR, and the majority of the COL7A1 gene. The fragment wastransferred to the BaeI-digested IGE301 vector using a Gibson cloningderivative method. Positive clones were identified using the primersColS13, specific to COL7A1 and FugwQCR, specific to the lentiviralbackbone. Plasmids from positive clones were purified andsequence-confirmed to generate IGE308.

Table 8 below provides the synthetic gene sequences and primers used forintroduction of the COL7A1 gene into the pFUGW lentiviral expressionvector.

Plasmids were Maxi-prepped with the Qiagen MaxiPrep Kit per themanufacturer's protocol.

TABLE 8 Synthetic Gene Elements and Primers used in theFinal Steps of IGE308 Creation Gene Element/ Primer Name Sequence ColCNAcagcagagatccagtttggttaattaagcatta (g-block)gttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattaag (SEQ ID NO:actcggccttagaaccccagtatcagcagaaccg 19)tcgtctctcatgcagaggaggaagagcgggtacc ccctgaggatgatgagactctgaatactccgagtattctgtggaggagtaccaggaccctgaagctcc ttgggatagtgatgacccctgttccctgccactggatgagggctcctgcactgcctacaccctgcgct ggtaccatcgggctgtgacaggcagcacagaggcctgtcacccttttgtctatggtggctgtggaggg aatgccaaccgttttgggacccgtgaggcctgcgagcgccgctgcccaccccgggtggtccagagcca ggggacaggtactgcccaggactgatcgataccgtcgacctcgagacctagaaaaacat FugwQCF GTAGACATAATAGCAACAGAC (SEQ ID NO: 20)FugwQCR TATTGCTACTTGTGATTGCTC (SEQ ID NO: 21) ColS13 (SEQAGAGGCCCCGAAGGACTTCA ID NO: 22)

FIG. 24 provides a schematic representation of the construction of theINXN-2004 lentiviral vector transfer plasmid (IGE308).

Production of IGE-308 Plasmid

The IGE308 plasmid was produced using a process consisting of fivesteps:

-   -   transformation, glycerol stock production, scale up, capture,        diafiltration and formulation.

Transformation: a seed stock of the IGE308 plasmid was provided toAldevron for transformation into the competent E. coli (DH10B).Transformation plates were stored at 34° C. which is the standard forlentiviral constructs.

Glycerol stock production—Seed cultures were created by picking isolatedcolonies from the transformation plate. Each culture was mini preppedand the best seed culture, as determined via agarose gel, was used tomake the working glycerol stocks. Scale Up—One 500 mL culture was grownin each of the following media types: Rapid Growth media and MaximumYield media (for a total of two 500 mL cultures) in order to comparemedia. The cultures were inoculated using the glycerol stocks created instep two and a full panel of QC assays was run on each prep. This alsoallowed Aldevron to test the stability of the plasmid in each mediatype.

Based on the initial QC results Rapid Growth media was chosen for growthof the transformed E. coli in shaker flasks at 34° C. A total of 8 L ofculture was prepared.

Capture—The 8 L of E. coli culture was lysed and initially purifiedusing DMAE anion exchange chromatography which produced a total of 833.8mg plasmid. An additional purification step was run using HIC(Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography) chromatography over OS resin.This step yielded 663 mg of purified DNA.

Concentration and Formulation—The purified plasmid was then adjusted tothe final buffer and concentration via serial diafiltration. The finalbuffer used was TE.

A total of 200 mg of IGE308 plasmid was shipped at a concentration of1.4 mg/mL. The IGE308 plasmid was analyzed prior to further manufactureof the INXN-2004.

Analysis of IGE308 Plasmid Sequence

The IGE308 plasmid used for INXN-2004 manufacture was fully sequenced atSeqWright under GLP conditions using primer walking and oligonucleotidesynthesis to yield 4-fold, bi-directional sequence coverage. The IGE308plasmid has a size of 16,777 bp. The sequence showed 100% match to theIGE308 construction reference sequence provided to SeqWright. Geneelements in the IGE308 plasmid are illustrated in FIGS. 25A-25B. Table 9provides a list of gene elements with their corresponding functions.

TABLE 9 Size and Functions of Gene Elements in IGE308 Plasmid LocationSize (bp) Element Function  1-238 238 pFUGW backbone Backbone element239-815 577 CMV promoter Promoter to drive expression of the proviralgenome  239-1015 777 5′ LTR Proviral genome packaging and integration835-894 60 R region of 5′ LTR Repeat region in 5′ and 3′ LTRs,transcription initiation site  895-1015 121 U5 region of 5′ Unique 5′sequence contains the Tat binding site LTR and packaging sequences ofHIV 1016-1125 110 pFUGW backbone Backbone element 1126-1170 45 Psipackaging RNA target site for packaging the viral RNA signal genome intoviral capsid during replication 1171-1679 509 pFUGW backbone Backboneelement 1680-1913 234 RRE Facilitates mRNA transcript nucleus exportwhen bound to Rev protein 1914-2443 529 pFUGW backbone Backbone element2444-2459 16 cPPT Recognition site for proviral DNA synthesis, increasestransduction efficiency and transgene expression 2460-2601 142 pFUGWbackbone Backbone element 2602-3199 598 CMV promoter Promoter to drivethe expression of COL7A1 gene inside the LV-COL7 vector 3200-3217 185UTR Synthetic 5′UTR fragment to improve the translation of the COL7A1(derived from Rahnella aquatilis, ATCC 33071) 3218-3223 6 KozakTranslation enhancement  3224-12058 8835 Collagen 7A1 ORF Collagen 7A1ORF encoding the human wild type with TGA stop collagen 7 protein codon12059-12070 12 Stuffer Remnant sequence resulted from DNA cloning12071-12762 692 3′LTR Polyadenylation signal and proviral genomepackaging and integration 12071-12581 511 U3 region of 3′ SIN deletion(133 bp) located in this region LTR 12245-12260 16 cPPT Recognition sitefor proviral DNA synthesis, increases transduction efficiency andtransgene expression 12582-12641 60 R region of 3′ LTR Repeat region in5′ and 3′ LTRs, transcription initiation site 12642-12762 121 U5 regionof 3′ Unique 5′ sequence contains the Tat binding site LTR and packagingsequences of HIV 12763-12790 28 pFUGW backbone Backbone element12791-13018 228 bGHpA terminator Sequence to stop transcription of DNA13019-13080 62 pFUGW backbone Backbone element 13081-13387 307 F1 originF1 phage origin of replication 13388-13948 561 pFUGW backbone Backboneelement 13949-14323 375 Zeocin resistance Mammalian selection markergene 14324-14455 132 pFUGW backbone Backbone element 14456-14575 120SV40 pA Sequence to stop transcription of DNA terminator 14576-15009 434pFUGW backbone Backbone element 15010-15629 620 pUC origin Bacterial DNAreplication start 15630-15783 154 pFUGW backbone Backbone element15784-16644 861 Ampicillin Plasmid selection marker resistance gene16645-16685 41 pFUGW backbone Backbone element 16686-16714 29 AmpicillinPromoter to drive expression of the ampicillin resistance promoterresistance gene 16715-16777 63 pFUGW backbone Backbone element

The COL7A1 gene sequence in the IGE308 plasmid (without the stop codonTGA) was compared to the GenBank Homo sapiens collagen, type VII, alpha1 (COL7A1) sequence (NM_000094.3). Sequence alignment is provided inAppendix 4. Three silent point mutations were identified as listed inTable 10 below. No sequence gap was identified. The three silent pointmutations have no impact on the encoded C7 protein.

TABLE 10 Sequence Comparison of COL7A1 in IGE308 and GenBank ConsensusNucleotide COL7A1 in GenBank Consensus Position IGE308 (NM_000094.3)Impact 6040 G A Silent point mutation 8674 A G Silent point mutation8731 G C Silent point mutation

Helper Plasmids, pCMV-G, pCMV-Rev2 and pCgp

The three helper plasmids used for INXN-2004 LV vector production,pCMV-G, pCMV-Rev2 and pCgp, were provided by CoH.

293T Working Cell Bank (WCB)

The 293T WCB used for INXN-2004 LV vector production was provided byCoH.

Other Starting Materials for INXN-2004 Manufacture

Other starting materials used for INXN-2004 LV vector production werealso provided by CoH.

Biopsy Tissue

Three 3-4 mm punch skin biopsies (dermis and epidermis layers) arecollected from an un-blistered area of the RDEB subject's body usingstandard aseptic practices. The biopsies are collected by the treatingphysician, placed into a vial containing cold, sterile phosphatebuffered saline (PBS), and shipped via next day delivery in arefrigerated Infectious Shipper container, which is appropriate forshipping potentially biohazardous tissue and is designed to maintain atemperature of 2-8° C.

a. Reagents, Solvents, and Auxiliary Materials

i. Reagents and Solvents

Two animal-sourced reagents are used in the FCX-007 Drug Substancemanufacturing process: Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and Trypsin-EDTAsolution. Complete Growth Medium

Complete Growth Medium (CGM) is used in FCX-007 manufacturing during allthe cell culture expansion steps. CGM is prepared by mixing 18 L of IMDMin a 20 L bag with 2 L of FBS through aseptic transfer. The formulatedCGM bag is stored in a 5±3° C. refrigerator.

a. Initiation Growth Medium

Initiation Growth Medium (IGM) is used in FCX-007 manufacturing for theinitial seeding of fibroblasts after biopsy digestion into a T-75 cellculture flask in the presence of antibiotics. Initiation Growth Mediumis prepared fresh by adding 0.6 mL of the 100-fold concentratedantibiotic solution (GA) aseptically inside an ISO5 BSC to 58.2 mL ofCGM in a 500 mL square media bottle. Final concentrations are 0.4 mg/mLgentamicin, 0.295 μg/mL amphotericin B. GSH solution (1.2 mL of 50×solution) is also added to the 500 mL square media bottle. The bottlesare closed and inverted 3-5 times to mix. The IGM is warmed inside a 37°C. incubator for at least 60 minutes before immediate use.

The Initiation Growth Medium is prepared fresh immediately prior to useand therefore no expiration date is applied and no Quality Controlrelease tests are performed.

b. Transduction Medium

Transduction Medium™ is used during the INXN-2004 transduction offibroblast cells. Transduction Medium is prepared fresh inside an ISO5BSC by adding 40 mL IMDM to a 250 mL centrifuge tube containing 10 mLCGM to dilute the FBS concentration to 2% in the medium. The 250 mL tubeis mixed and placed inside a 37.0° C. Incubator to warm until needed forINXN-2004 transduction.

The Transduction Medium is prepared fresh immediately prior to use andtherefore no expiration date is applied and no Quality Control releasetests are performed.

c. GSH Solution

GSH is supplemented to the Initiation Growth Medium (IGM) and CGM usedin the early stage T-75 and T-175 fibroblast cell cultures to enhancecell growth. A 50×GSH stock solution is prepared inside an ISO5 BSC bydissolving 51.1 g of GSH into 1 L of IMDM. The solution is 0.22 μmfiltered. The filtered solution is aliquoted into 50 mL centrifuge tubesat 20 mL per tube and stored frozen at −80° C. for further use.

d. RetroNectin™ Solution

RetroNectin™ is used in the FCX-007 production process to enhance theINXN-2004 transduction efficiency on fibroblast cells. Inside an ISO5BSC, using a 5 mL syringe and a 18 g needle, 2.5 mL WFI is asepticallytransferred into a vial of clinical grade RetroNectin® to reconstituteRetroNectin® at 1.0 mg/mL. RetroNectin® is dissolved thoroughly byswirling gently. The entire contents of the RetroNectin vial arewithdrawn using the attached 5 mL syringe. The 18 g needle isaseptically replaced with a 0.22 μm syringe filter onto the syringe, andthe reconstituted RetroNectin® is sterile filtered into a 250 mLcentrifuge tube. Using an appropriately sized pipette, 122.5 mL PBS istransferred to the reconstituted RetroNectin® in the 250 mL centrifugetube to dilute the RetroNectin® to 20 μg/mL, which is then mixed wellusing a pipette. Using an appropriately sized pipette, 6.3 mL of thediluted RetroNectin® solution is added to each of T-25 flasks to coatthe surface with RetroNectin® at 5 μg/cm². For the first round ofINXN-2004 transduction, 5× to 10×T-25 flasks are prepared. For INXN-2004super transduction, 18×T-25 flasks are prepared.

The RetroNectin™ solution is prepared fresh immediately prior to use andtherefore no expiration date is applied and no Quality Control releasetests are performed.

Cryopreservation Medium

Cryopreservation Medium is a two-fold concentrated solution that isadded to harvested and washed fibroblasts during the FCX-007manufacturing process to formulate the cell seed stock and FCX-007 DrugSubstance for storage in liquid nitrogen. Cryopreservation Medium isprepared by mixing 0.85 volume ProFreeze™-CDM (2×) with 0.15 volume DMSOto obtain one volume Cryopreservation Medium.

The Cryopreservation Medium is prepared fresh immediately prior to useand therefore no expiration date is applied and no Quality Controlrelease tests are performed.

Example 3: Training Run 8, 9 and 10 and Enhanced Biopsy EnzymaticDigestion

Training Run 8 and Enhanced Biopsy Enzymatic Digestion

In the above TRs, the biopsy digestion method was suspected to not beable to achieve effective digestion of the 3-4 mm sized biopsy tissue.In TR8, the application of additional shear force during the digestionprocess was incorporated into the process to improve the overalldigestion efficiency. The digestion process was modified to thefollowing: pulse vortex the centrifuge tube at maximum setting for 5seconds, every 15±2 minutes during the digestion, returning thecentrifuge tube to the orbital shaker after each vortex; at the end ofthe 60 minutes of incubation, pulse vortex the centrifuge tube atmaximum setting for 10 seconds.

A biopsy from an RDEB donor was processed and digested using theenhanced digestion method. Cells from the digestion were seeded into aT-75 flask using culture medium supplemented with GSH. Cells showed goodgrowth and reached 90% confluence on day 14 for passaging. To evaluatethe INXN-2002 transduction conditions, cells harvested from the T-75flask were seeded into 3×T-175 flasks, as Control, Arm A, and Arm B.Cells in all three arms were expanded, transduced with the 10 L pilotLV-COLT vector in 1-CS (the control arm was mock transduced), and thenfurther expanded into 2×10-CS before being harvested forcryopreservation.

TABLE 11 Cell Growth and Cell Yields in Training Run 8 Days in ViableCell Activity Culture Cells Viability Note Biopsy digestion, seed into 03.4 × 10⁵ 99% Good cell growth was one T-75 flask, with 35 mL observedin the T-75 flask; culture medium, 37° C. and approximately 90% 5% CO₂confluence on Day 14. Passage 1: to three T-175 14 6.5 × 10⁶ 97% Flask1: mock transduction flasks with 50 mL culture control medium, 37° C.and 10% Flask 2: LV transduction CO₂ (Arm A) Flask 3: LV transduction(Arm B) Passage 2: to 1-CS and LV transduction Control 20 1.4 × 10⁷ 98%Cells were harvested from Arm A 20 1.0 × 10⁷ 97% each of the T-175 flaskArm B 20 1.0 × 10⁷ 98% and expanded into corresponding 1-CS for LV-COL7transduction (CoH Pilot LV-COL7). Passage 3: to 10-CS Control 26 6.1 ×10⁷ 99% Cells from each arm were Arm A 27 6.6 × 10⁷ 99% harvested andexpanded to Arm B 26 6.4 × 10⁷ 99% one corresponding 10-CS. Passage 4:to 2x 10-CS Control 35 4.0 × 10⁸ 99% Cells from each arm were Arm A 393.3 × 10⁸ 98% harvested and expanded to Arm B 38 3.8 × 10⁸ 98% twocorresponding 10-CS. Harvest: 2x10-CS Control 45 6.9 × 10⁸ 95% Cellswere harvested from Arm A 47 4.0 × 10⁸ 98% each of the 2x10-CS for Arm B46 5.3 × 10⁸ 97% cryopreservation and testing.

The total number of cells harvested from the 10-CS was consideredadequate for further production of FCX-007 drug product for injection.The harvested cells were tested for COL7A1 gene copy number(transduction efficiency), C7 protein expression, cell viability, andcell purity. Table 12 provides the analysis results for the harvestedcells from all three arms.

TABLE 12 Analysis of Cells Harvested from Training Run 8 INXN-2002 COL7C7 protein Cell Transduction A1gene expression² Purity² ViabilityCondition MOI (IU/cell)¹ copy/cell² (ng/mL) (% CD90⁺) (%) Endotoxin ArmA 3.4 0.021 59.4 100% 95% Pass Arm B 1.7 0.017 46.6 100% 93% PassControl Mock BLQ³ BLQ³ 100% 96% Pass ¹INXN-2002 IU titer: 9.2 × 10⁶IU/mL which was determined at Intrexon using an early development stageH1299 infectious titer assay. ²Details of the assays are provided inSection 3.2.S.4. ³BLQ: below limit of quantitation

A Multiplicity of Infection (MOI) dose dependent increase in COL7A1 genecopy number and C7 protein expression was observed. Details of theINXN-2002 transduction development and optimization are described below.Although low INXN-2002 IU titer limited the transduction MOI, and thesubsequent COL7A1 gene copy number, C7 protein expression was observedto be biologically relevant in the preclinical setting as evidenced bythe in vitro and in vivo results. Overall, the results show that RDEBfibroblast cells can be transduced with INXN-2002 and express functionalC7 protein.

The Arm A cell product from TR8 was used for Proof of Concept studiesand toxicology and biodistribution studies.

Training Run 9

A biopsy from an RDEB donor was processed and digested using theenhanced digestion method. Cells from the digestion were seeded into aT-75 flask using culture medium supplemented with GSH. Similar to TR8,cells showed good growth and reached 90% confluence on Day 19 forpassaging. To evaluate the LV-COLT transduction conditions, cellsharvested from the T-75 flask were seeded into 3×T-175 flasks, asControl, Arm A, and Arm B. Cells in all three arms were expanded,transduced with LV-HA-COLT vector (containing an HA tag in theconstruct) in 1-CS (the control arm was mock transduced), then furtherexpanded into 2×10-CS before being harvested. The harvested cells weretested for COL7A1 gene copy number (transduction efficiency), C7 proteinexpression, and cell purity. Table 13 provides the cell growth in TR9.

TABLE 13 Cell Growth and Cell Yields in Training Run 9 Days in ViableCell Activity Culture Cells Viability Note Biopsy digestion, seed into 0NA NA Good cell growth was one T-75 flask, with 35 mL observed in theT-75 flask; culture medium, 37° C. and approximately 90% 5% CO₂confluence on Day 19. Passage 1: to three T-175 19 4.5 × 10⁶ 99% Flask1: mock transduction flasks with 50 mL culture control medium, 37° C.and 10% Flask 2: LV transduction CO₂ (Arm A) Flask 3: LV transduction(Arm B) Passage 2: to 1-CS and LV transduction Control 26 1.0 × 10⁷ 99%Cells were harvested from Arm A 25 7.1 × 10⁶ 97% each of the T-175 flaskand Arm B 25 7.8 × 10⁶ 98% expanded into corresponding 1-CS for LV-COL7transduction (CoH Pilot LV- HA-COL7, a research vector) ^(1.) Passage 3:to 10-CS Control 33 3.8 × 10⁷ 99% Cells from each arm were Arm A 32 5.3× 10⁷ 98% harvested and expanded to Arm B 31 2.5 × 10⁷ 97% onecorresponding 10-CS. Passage 4: to 2x 10-CS Control 46 2.6 × 10⁸ 97%Cells from each arm were Arm A 42 3.6 × 10⁸ 98% harvested and expandedto Arm B 45 2.8 × 10⁸ 97% two corresponding 10-CS.² Harvest: 2x10-CSControl 61 7.6 × 10⁸ 100%  Cells were harvested from Arm A 53 5.3 × 10⁸97% each of the 2x10-CS for Arm B 60 5.5 × 10⁸ 98% cryopreservation andtesting. ¹ LV-HA-COL7 vector is a research vector which incorporated anHA tag to the COL7A1 sequence in the INXN-2002 LV vector. ²The totalnumber of cells harvested from the 10-CS is considered adequate forfurther production of FCX-007 drug product for injection.

Table 14 provides the analysis results for the harvested cells from allthree arms.

TABLE 14 Analysis of Cells Harvested from Training Run 9 LV-HA-Col7 Col7Col7 Transduction Gene Protein Purity² Cell Condi- MOI Copy/ Expression(% Viability Endo- tion (IU/cell)¹ Cell² (ng/mL) CD90⁺) (%) toxin Arm A1.0 0.009 71.4 100% 92% Pass Arm B 1.9 0.021 91.6 99% 95% Pass ControlMock BLQ³ BLQ³ 100% 92% Pass ¹LV-HA-Col7 vector titer: 2.0 × 10⁶ IU/mLwhich was determined at Intrexon using an early development stage H1299infectious titer assay. ²Details of the assays are provided in Section3.2.S.4. ³BLQ: below limit of quantitation

An MOI dose dependent increase in COL7A1 gene copy number and C7 proteinexpression was again observed. Again, the results show that RDEBfibroblast cells can be successfully grown, transduced with LV-HA-COLTvector, and express C7 protein.

Training Run 10 and Scale-Up to Six 10-CS

According to the proposed clinical protocol (See Module 5), 4×10⁸FCX-007 drug product cells are needed for a single treatment dose, witha possibility of repeat dosing. To meet the projected FCX-007 productneeds, it is necessary to scale-up the final cell expansion step to six10-CSs based on the cell yields attained in TR8 and TR9.

A biopsy from an RDEB donor was processed and digested using theenhanced digestion method. Cells from the digestion were seeded into aT-75 flask using culture medium supplemented with GSH. Cells showed goodgrowth and reached 90% confluence on Day 19 for passaging. Cellsharvested from the T-75 flask were seeded into 2×T-175 flasks, one forINXN-2002 transduction, and one for cell substrate control. Cells fromone flask were expanded, transduced with INXN-2002 in 1-CS, and thenfurther expanded into 6×10-CS before being harvested. Table 15 providesthe cell growth in TR10.

TABLE 15 Cell Growth and Cell Yields in Training Run 10 Days in ViableCell Activity Culture Cells Viability Note Biopsy digestion, seed into 0NA NA Good cell growth was one T-75 flask, with 35 mL observed in theT-75 flask; culture medium, 37° C. and approximately 90% 5% CO₂confluence on Day 19. Passage 1: to two T-175 19 3.5 × 10⁶ 98% Flask 1:LV transduction flasks with 50 mL culture Flask 2: control cells foranalysis medium, 37° C. and 10% CO₂ Passage 2: to 1-CS and LV 30 4.6 ×10⁶ 96% Cells from Flask 1 were harvested transduction and expanded into1- CS for LV-COL7 transduction (GMP grade INXN-2002). Passage 3: to10-CS 38 2.1 × 10⁷ 97% Cells were harvested and expanded to one 10-CS.Passage 4: to 6x 10-CS 60 1.9 × 10⁸ 95% Cells were harvested andexpanded to six 10-CS. Harvest: 6x 10-CS 75 5.8 × 10⁸ 99% Cells wereharvested from the 6x10-CS for cryopreservation and testing.

Relative to cells in TR8 and TR9, cells in TR10 grew slower and yieldedfewer cells at each passage step, indicating potential variability amongdifferent RDEB donors.

The total number of cells harvested from the 6×10-CS is consideredadequate for production of one dosage of FCX-007 drug product forinjection.

Table 16 provides the analysis results for the harvested cells.

TABLE 16 Analysis of Cells Harvested from TR10 INXN-2002 Cell Trans-COL7 C7 Protein Purity² Via- duction MOI Gene Expression² (% bilityEndo- (IU/cell)¹ Copy/Cell² (ng/mL) CD90⁺) (%) toxin 2.0 0.013 60.09100% 92% Pass ¹INXN-2002 IU titer: 9.2 × 10⁶ IU/mL which was determinedat Intrexon using an early development stage H1299 infectious titerassay. ²Details of the assays are provided in Section 3.2.S.4.

Example 4 INXN-2002 Transduction Development and Optimization

Lentiviral transduction of dermal fibroblast cells was initiallydeveloped and optimized using normal human dermal fibroblast cells(NHDF; Lonza, CC-2511) cultured in 96-well plates with a modellentiviral GFP (GeneCopoeia, LP-EGFP-LV105-0205).

Using GeneCopoeia's LV transduction protocol as a starting point,initial optimization evaluated conditions including cell density at timeof transduction, transduction culture volume, use of RetroNectin™,super-infection (re-transducing cells with virus on two consecutivedays), time of cell plating (at time of transduction versus one dayprior to transduction), and serum content in transduction media. Theoptimal transduction procedure was then implemented in a GMP productionsetting. Details of the studies are described below.

A. Effect of Cell Seeding Conditions and RetroNectin™ Coating for LVTransduction

NHDFs in exponential growth phase were harvested and seeded into 96-wellplates on two different dates at different seeding densities. One set ofnon tissue culture treated 96-well plates were coated with RetroNectin™per the manufacturer's recommendation (the RetroNectin™ coating densitywas 20 μg/cm²). For cells seeded one day before LV transduction (Day−1), the spent medium is removed and fresh medium (100 μL) with the LVvector is added to the wells on Day 0 for transduction. For the day oftransduction condition (Day 0), cells and LV vector in 100 μL of freshmedium is added simultaneously to the wells. The MOI used was 2000vp/cell for all conditions. After an overnight incubation, the mediumwas removed and the cells were fed with 100 μL fresh medium for furtherculture. At ninety-six hours post-transduction, the cells were harvestedfor transduction efficiency analysis by FACS analysis of GFP signal on aBD LSRII and analyzed using FlowJo software (v.10). Table 17 providesthe LV transduction efficiencies under the different conditions.

TABLE 17 Effect of Cell Seeding Condition and RetroNectin ™ Coating onLV Transduction of Fibroblast Cells (% GFP Positive Cells) WithoutRetroNectin ™ With RetroNectin ™ Cell Seeding Coating Coating Density(Cells/Well; Day −1 Cell Day 0 Cell Day −1 Cell Day 0 Cell Cells/Cm²)¹Seeding Seeding Seeding Seeding 3000; 9375 6.8% 11.2% NC 22.6% 1500;4688 3.3% 7.2% NC 18.2% ¹Surface area for a 96-well plate well: 0.32 cm²NC = Not conducted

The results demonstrate that it is not necessary to pre-seed the cellson the day before LV transduction. Cells and LV vector can be addedsimultaneously at the time of transduction, which is convenient for GMPmanufacturing operations. Coating the culture surface with RetroNectin™prior to LV transduction significantly increased the LV transductionefficiency. The higher cell seeding density of approximately 1×10⁴cells/cm² is desired during LV transduction, as the lower cell seedingdensity resulted in lower LV transduction efficiency.

B. Effect of MOI and Super-Transduction on LV Transduction Efficiency

In this study, the effects of MOI and super-transduction on LVtransduction of fibroblast cells were examined.

A set of non tissue culture treated 96-well plates was pre-coated withRetroNectin™ (20 μg/cm²) before being used for transduction. At the timeof transduction, 3000 cells with LV vector in a volume of 100 μL wereadded to a well. After an overnight incubation, the medium was removedand the cells were fed with 100 μL fresh medium for further culture. Forthe super-transduction, the culture medium was removed from the wellsone day after the initial transduction (approximately 24 hours), and thesame amount of LV vector in 100 μL fresh medium was added to the wells.After 3 hours of transduction, the medium was removed and the cells werefed with 100 μL fresh medium for further culture. Ninety-six hourspost-transduction, the cells were harvested for transduction efficiencyanalysis by FACS analysis of GFP signal on a BD LSRII and analyzed usingFlowJo software (v.10). Table 18 provides the LV transductionefficiencies under the different conditions.

TABLE 18 Effect of MOI and Super-Transduction on LV Transduction ofFibroblast Cells (% GFP Positive Cells) MOI (vp/cell) WithoutSuper-Transduction With Super-Transduction 0 1.6% 2.0% 200 4.3% 5.8% 5007.7% 10.0% 1000 15.3% 16.3% 2000 22.6% 27.5%

An increasingly higher MOI resulted in higher transduction efficiencieswith and without super-transduction. Super-transduction resulted in anincremental increase in LV transduction efficiency. However, theincrease was not considered significant, and was not implemented in theGMP production setting.

C. LV Transduction Culture Volume and FBS Concentration

Lentiviral vector particles first need to make contact with fibroblastcells in culture in order to achieve transduction. Like other viralparticles, LV particles in solution follow Brownian motion, and aproductive transduction is generally a random event. Reduction ofculture medium depth to a minimum volume or the use ofspino-transduction has been shown to improve viral vector transductionon target cells (Nyberg-Hoffman 1997). The effect of transductionvolume/culture depth and medium FBS concentration on LV transduction offibroblast cells were evaluated.

A set of non tissue culture treated 96-well plates was pre-coated withRetroNectin™ (20 μg/cm²) before being used for transduction. At the timeof transduction, 3000 cells with LV vector in a volume of 100 μL or 50μL of medium with 10% FBS were added to the wells. The same transductionconditions were repeated in medium with 2% FBS. After an overnightincubation, the medium was removed and the cells were all fed with 100μL fresh medium with 10% FBS for further culture. The MOI used was 2000vp/cell for all conditions. Ninety-six hours post-transduction, thecells were harvested for transduction efficiency analysis by FACSanalysis of GFP signal on a BD LSRII and analyzed using FlowJo software.Table 19 provides the LV transduction efficiencies under the differentconditions.

TABLE 19 Effect of Culture Volume (Depth) and FBS on LV Transduction (%GFP Positive Cells) Transduction Medium Volume Transduction in 96-wellplate Medium Depth Transduction Medium FBS % (μL) (mm) 2% 10% 50 1.646.7% 46.2% 100 3.1 31.8%  27%

As expected, reducing the transduction medium volume (depth) resulted ina noticeable increase in LV transduction efficiency. Additionally,results indicate that using a 2% FBS transduction medium is beneficialfor LV transduction. Based on these results, a 2% FBS transductionmedium was incorporated into the GMP manufacturing process, whilekeeping the transduction medium volume to a minimum, approximately 60 mLin 1-CS. In the GMP manufacturing process for FCX-007, a 1-layerCellSTACK® with a surface area of 636 cm² will be used for LVtransduction of fibroblast cells. It was determined that it is feasibleto use a transduction volume of 60 mL (depth 0.9 mm) without causingdetrimental effect (e.g. drying) on the cells during the 3 hourstransduction period.

D. Evaluations of RetroNectin™ Coating and the Type of Culture Surface

RetroNectin™ coating of the culture surface significantly increased theLV transduction of fibroblast cells. The RetroNectin™ manufacturerrecommends a RetroNectin™ coating amount in the range of 4 μg/cm² to 20μg/cm². To minimize the amount of RetroNectin™ used without negativelyimpacting the LV transduction of fibroblast cells, the amount ofRetroNectin™ used for coating was evaluated.

Furthermore, the RetroNectin™ manufacturer recommends use of a nontissue culture treated plastic surface for RetroNectin™ coating.However, culture flasks and CellSTACKs® used for fibroblast cell cultureare all tissue culture-treated. Both tissue culture treated and nontissue culture treated 96-well plates were coated with different amountsof RetroNectin™ and evaluated for LV transduction of fibroblast cells.

Both non tissue culture treated and tissue culture treated 96-wellplates were pre-coated with different amounts of RetroNectin™ (20μg/cm², 10 μg/cm², and 5 μg/cm²) before being used for transduction. Atthe time of transduction, 3000 cells with LV vector in a volume of 50 μLof transduction medium with 2% FBS were added to each well. After 3hours transduction, the medium was removed and the cells were all fedwith 100 μL fresh medium with 10% FBS for further culture. The MOI usedwas 2000 vp/cell for all conditions. Ninety-six hours post-transduction,the cells were harvested for transduction efficiency analysis by FACSanalysis of GFP signal on a BD LSRII and analyzed using FlowJo software.Table 20 provides the LV transduction efficiencies under the differentconditions.

TABLE 20 Effect of RetroNectin ™ Amount and Culture Surface Type on LVTransduction of Fibroblast Cells (% GFP Positive Cells) Amount ofRetroNectin ™ Used for Coating (μg/cm²) Type of Culture Surface 5 10 20Tissue culture treated 27.8% 25.8% 28.1% Non tissue culture treated38.2% 38.8% 38.5%

Comparable efficiencies of LV transduction of fibroblast were observedfor all three doses of RetroNectin™ used for coating. As a result, aRetroNectin™ coating density of 5 μg/cm² was selected for use in theFCX-007 production process. Although lower LV transduction efficiencywas observed in the tissue culture treated surface, the difference isnot considered significant enough to prevent the use of tissue culturetreated flasks in the INXN-2002 transduction step of the FCX-007manufacturing process.

Summary of the Development and Optimization of Fibroblast LVTransduction

Based on the study results described above using the LV-GFP model vectorfor fibroblast cell transduction, the following LV transduction protocolwas selected for INXN-2002 transduction of fibroblast cells derived fromRDEB donor:

Pre-coat the culture surface with RetroNectin™ at 5 μg/cm². Tissueculture treated flasks can be used for RetroNectin™ coating.

Add cells and LV vector simultaneously at the time of transduction, witha cell seeding density of approximately 1×10⁴ cells/cm².

Use a high MOI which does not cause toxic effect on cells to achievehigh transduction efficiency (10 mL of INXN-2002 LV-Col7 vector pertransduction).

Transduce for 3 hours at 37° C. in a transduction medium with 2% FBS,and then change or feed cells with a medium which contains 10% FBS.

Use a low transduction medium volume, 50 μL/well for a 96-well plate or60 mL for a 1-layer CellSTACK®, for high transduction efficiency.

Super-transduction is not required.

F. INXN-2002 L V Transduction of Fibroblast Cells

Based on the LV transduction protocol developed above, INXN-2002 wasused to transduce normal human fibroblast cells (NHDF, Lonza, CC-2511)in a 96-well plate. Considering the relative low titer of the INXN-2002,three doses of INXN-2002 were used for transduction, 12.5 μL (1:4dilution), 3.1 μL (1:16 dilution), and 0.8 μL (1:64 dilution). Thetransduced cells were passaged three times to ensure stable integrationof the LV-COLT vector into the transduced cell genome. At passage 3,genomic DNA was extracted from the cells and analyzed by qPCR using aprimer specific to the LV-COLT vector sequence. The transductionefficiency was quantified as gene copy numbers per cell. Table 21provides the transduction efficiency as measured by gene copy number percell.

TABLE 21 INXN-2002 Transduction of Fibroblast Cells INXN-2002 VectorDosing¹ Gene Dilution Vector volume per well Calculated MOI Copy Numberfactor of 96-well plate (μL) (IU/cell) per Cell² 1/4  12.5 40 0.08 1/163.1 10 0.86 1/64 0.8 2.5 0.11 ¹INXN-2002 IU titer: 9.2 × 10⁶ IU/mL whichwas determined at Intrexon using an early development stage H1299infectious titer assay. ²Gene copy number per cell was determined atIntrexon using an early development stage qPCR assay, which resulted inan approximately 10-fold higher gene copy number compared to the fullydeveloped assay that was transferred to BioReliance for FCX-007 productanalysis. The difference was due to the use of a different qPCR primerset and circular plasmid standards in the early development stage assay.

At the highest dose of INXN-2002 vector, ¼ dilution (MOI=40), asignificant toxic effect on cells were observed: most of the cells didnot recover from the transduction step, resulting in a minimal gene copynumber per cell at the end of the cell expansion. The optimal INXN-2002MOI was approximately 10 IU/cell, resulting in a gene copy number of0.86.

INXN-2002 LV Transduction in Training Runs

Following the LV transduction protocol (Section [0260]) and theINXN-2002 transduction vector dosing/MOI results from the 96-wellstudies, INXN-2002 transduction of RDEB fibroblast cells was conductedat scale in TR8, TR9, and TR10. The 1-layer CellSTACK® used forINXN-2002 transduction was pre-coated with RetroNectin™ at 5 μg/cm². Atthe time of transduction, cells and INXN-2002 were added simultaneouslyin 60 mL of transduction medium with 2% FBS to the 1-layer CellSTACK®.After 3 hours in the incubator at 37° C., the cells were fed with 130 mLof complete growth medium with 10% FBS. The transduced cells werepassaged twice, first to one 10-layer CellSTACK®, and then to two or six10-layer CellSTACKs® for cell harvest. Gene copy numbers in theharvested cells were analyzed by qPCR. Table 22 provides the INXN-2002transduction results from the executed Training Runs.

TABLE 22 Summary of LV-COL7 Transduction in Training Runs LV-COL7 Amountof Vector Gene LV- Vector Used for Number of Copy Training COL7 TiterTransduction (mL) Cells for MOI¹ per Run Vector (IU/mL) Arm (dilutionfactor) Transduction (IU/cell) Cell² 8 INXN- 9.2 × 10⁶ A 3.75 (1/16) 1.0× 10⁷ 3.4 0.021 2002 LV- B 1.88(1/32) 1.0 × 10⁷ 1.7 0.017 COL7 Control 01.4 × 10⁷ 0 BLQ¹ (Pilot) 9 LV-HA- 2.0 × 10⁶ A 3.75 (1/16) 7.1 × 10⁶ 1.00.009 COL7 B 7.5 (1/8) 7.4 × 10⁶ 1.9 0.021 (Pilot) Control 0 1.0 × 10⁷ 0BLQ³ 10 INXN- 2.3 × 10⁶ TR10 4 (1/15) 4.6 × 10⁶ 2.0 0.013 2002 LV- COL7(GMP) ¹MOI was determined based on the INXN-2002 LV-Col7 vector IU titerdetermined at Intrexon using an early development stage H1299 infectioustiter assay, which resulted in approximately 10-fold higher titer valuecompared to the fully developed assay that was transferred toBioReliance for FCX-007 product analysis. The difference was due to theuse of a different qPCR primer set and circular plasmid standards in theearly development stage assay. ²Gene copy per cell was quantified usingthe fully developed qPCR assay, which was transferred to BioReliance forFCX-007 product analysis ³BLQ: Below the limit of quantitation

Following the LV transduction protocol developed using the small scale96-well plates, successful INXN-2002 transduction of RDEB fibroblastcells was achieved at scale for FCX-007 manufacture. Gene copy numbersin the transduced cells increased with an increased MOI of transduction.Because of the low titer of INXN-2002, gene copy numbers in thetransduced, harvested cell product were relatively low. In order toproduce FCX-007 cell product with a feasibly high gene copy number, 10mL of INXN-2002 was selected for GMP production transduction, as itcaused minimal toxic effects on cells during transduction.

Engineering Run

In preparation for GMP manufacturing of FCX-007, and finalization of theproduction Master Batch Records (MBR), an engineering run was executedusing a biopsy from an RDEB donor with approved production batchrecords. The GMP grade INXN-2002 LV vector was used for transduction.Table 23 provides cell growth figures from the Engineering Run.

TABLE 23 Cell Growth and Cell Yields in Engineering Run Days in ViableCell Activity Culture Cells Viability Note Biopsy digestion, seed intoone T-75 0 9.6 × 92% Good cell growth in the T-75 flask, flask, with 35mL culture medium, 10⁵ reached approximately 90% 37° C. and 5% CO₂confluence on Day 19 Passage 1: to one T-175 flask and one 20 3.5 × 99%T-175 Flask: LV transduction T-25 flask, 37° C. and 10% CO₂ 10⁶ T-25Flask: control cells for analysis Passage 2: to 1-CS and LV 29 9.9 × 98%Cells from T-175 Flask were transduction 10⁶ harvested and expanded into1-CS for LV-COL7 transduction (GMP grade INXN-2002) Passage 3: to 10-CS38 3.3 × 98% Cells were harvested and expanded 10⁷ to one 10-CS. Passage4: to 6 × 10-CS 49 3.1 × 96% Cells were harvested and expanded 10⁸ tosix 10-CS. Harvest: 6 × 10-CS 60 9.6 × 97% Cells were harvested from the6 × 10- 10⁸ CS for cryopreservation and testing

Cell growth and yields from the ER are comparable to those in TR8 andTR9, and are noticeably faster and higher relative to TR10, indicatingcell growth variability among different RDEB donors. The harvested cellswere filled and cryopreserved as shown in Table 24.

TABLE 24 FCX-007 Drug Substance Vials Filled in Engineering Run FillNumber of Vials Volume (mL) Vials Filled Purpose 2 mL cryovial 1.2 10Bulk Drug Substance 5 mL cryovial 4.5 6 Bulk Drug Substance 2 mLcryovial 1.2 2 Sterility test 2 mL cryovial 0.6 4 QC test 2 mL cryovial0.6 6 Bulk Drug Substance Stability Test

The total number of cells harvested from the 6×10-CS is consideredadequate for production of two doses of FCX-007 drug product forinjection.

The harvested cells were tested according to the proposed FCX-007 DrugSubstance Specifications. Table 25 provides the analysis results for theharvested cells.

TABLE 25 FCX-007 Drug Substance Engineering Run Analysis Test¹ TestMethod Lab SOP Specifications Test Result Mycoplasma USP<63> BioReliance102063GMP.BSV Negative Negative Replication Competent C8166 cellBioReliance 009130GMP.BUK No RCL detected ND⁴ Lentivirus SterilityUSP<71> BioReliance 510120GMP.BSV No Growth No growth Endotoxin Endosafe PCT SOP-0249 ≤5.0 EU/mL <2.00 EU/mL Cell Count Hemacytometer PCTSOP-0329 1.0-3.0 × 10⁷ 1.6 × 10⁷ cells/mL cells/mL Cell ViabilityHemacytometer PCT SOP-0329 ≥85% viability  94% Purity FACS Calibur PCTSOP-1067 ≥98% CD 90⁺ 100% Residual VSV-G Protein VSV-G ELISA Intrexon²VSV-G ELISA Report Result BLQ COL7A Gene Copy Number qPCR Intrexon²COL7A Gene Copy Report Result 0.025 copies/cell Number COL7A GeneExpression Col 7 ELISA Intrexon³ COL7A Gene Report Results 66.4 ng/mLExpression ¹Details of the assays are provided in Section 3.2.S.4.2.²Intrexon in house assay. Assays are being transferred to BioReliancefor GMP release test ³Intrexon in house assay. Assays are beingtransferred to PCT for GMP release test ⁴RCL testing was not performedon the cell product material as the material was not used for furtherstudies

Example 5—Description of Manufacturing Process Development to ImproveLV-Col7 Transduction Efficiency

FCX-007 cell products manufactured using the process described above hadlow levels of gene modification efficiency as indicated by the low genecopy number and C7 expression levels when INXN-2002 vector was used forcell transduction. Two approaches were pursued to increase the LV-Col7transduction efficiency on RDEB fibroblast cells: 1) development of anew LV-Col7 lentiviral vector (INXN-2004) which offers better vectortiter and improved stable transgene (collagen VII) expression in thetransduced fibroblast cells, and 2) further optimization of the LV-Col7transduction process on fibroblast cells. Details of the development ofthe new INXN-2004 vector are described in Section 3.2.S.2.3. Studies infurther optimization of the LV-Col7 transduction process, as well ascell expansion procedures are described below.

Spin Transduction (Spinoculation)

Spin transduction involves centrifugation of viral vectors onto thetarget cells under a g force environment. Spin transduction(spinoculation) has been reported in the literature to increaseretroviral vector transduction efficiency on target cells (J VirolMethods. 1995 August; 54(2-3):131-43. Centrifugal enhancement ofretroviral mediated gene transfer. Bahnson AB1, Dunigan J T, Baysal B E,Mohney T, Atchison R W, Nimgaonkar M T, Ball E D, Barranger J A. and HumGene Ther. 1994 January; 5(1):19-28. Improved methods of retroviralvector transduction and production for gene therapy. Kotani H1, Newton PB 3rd, Zhang S, Chiang Y L, Otto E, Weaver L, Blaese R M, Anderson W F,McGarrity G J.).

RDEB fibroblast cells from the previous TR8 were cultured. Cells inexponential growth phase were harvested and used for this study. Theprevious INXN-2002 vector lots were used for transduction. For spintransduction, 1×10³ cells with different MOIs of INXN-2002 in 504, oftransduction media (IMDM+2% FBS) were added into each well of a 96-welltissue culture coated plates which were pre-coated with RetroNectin (5μg/cm²). The plates containing cells plus INXN-2002 vector werecentrifuged at 1300 g, 4° C. for 1.5 hours. After centrifugation, theplates were placed into a 37° C. incubator to allow the cells to recoverand grow for 3 hours. After which, 100 μl of complete culture media(IMDM+10FBS+GSH) was added to each well. The plates were returned to theincubator for further culture. The standard non-spin transductiondescribed above was used as a control. After transduction, cells werepassaged three times, 3-5 days culture between each cell passage. At thelast passage culture supernatants were harvested to evaluate C7 proteinexpression levels, while the cells were harvested for gene copy numberper cell analysis. Table 26 shows the Col7 expression levels for thedifferent transduction conditions.

TABLE 26 C7 Expression Level Vector Dilution Transduction Method INXN-MOI used for Spin Non-spin 2002 (IU/cell) Transduction Transductiontransduction GMP lot 6.31  257.4 ± 62.17 311.75 ± 70.89 1.60 539.50 ±70.49 251.27 ± 22.41 0.4 243.94 ± 3.40  207.51 ± 25.26 Pilot lot 30327.76 ± 21.69 238.56 ± 27.93 15 391.59 ± 42.82 208.39 ± 16.80 7.5269.07 ± 25.51 214.23 ± 16.83

Table 27 provides the vector copy number per cells of the harvestedcells.

TABLE 27 Vector Copy Number per Cell Vector dilution Transduction MethodINXN- MOI used for Spin Non-spin 2002 (IU/cell) transductionTransduction transduction GMP lot 6.31 0.11 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.02 1.60 0.11± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.00 0.4 0.10 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.01 Pilot lot 30 0.09 ± 0.010.06 ± 0.02 15 0.09 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.01 7.5 0.05 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.02INXN-2002, IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL (determined at Intrexon)INXN-2002, IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL (determined at Intrexon)

The results show a modest increase in both Col7 production levels andvector copy number per cell using the spin transduction method,especially at the lower MOIs and at the INXN-2002 vector dilutionstested.

Optimization of Spin Transduction Parameters

The spin transduction parameters, including centrifugation time, speedand temperature, were evaluated with an aim to further increase theINXN-2002 transduction efficiency. The same cell culture condition asdescribed above was used in this study. In the initial experiment,centrifugation temperature was examined. 96-well plates containing cellsplus INXN-2002 vector were centrifuged at either 4° C. or 25° C. (RT)for 1.5 hours at 1300 g. This was followed by another experiment where96-well plates containing cells plus INXN-2002 vector were centrifugedat 4° C. or 25° C. (RT) for 1 or 2 hours, at either a high speed of 1300g, or a low speed of 300 g, to examine the effect of centrifugationspeed on INXN-2002 transduction efficiency. In both experiments, cellswere returned to a 37° C. incubator for incubation post centrifugation.Three hours later, 100 μl of complete culture media was added to eachwell. Cells were passaged three times before being harvested for Col7expression analysis in the culture supernatant and vector copy numberper cell analysis in the harvested cells.

Table 28 provides the effect of spin transduction temperature on Col7expression levels and vector copy number per cell. The standard non-spintransduction was included as a control.

Again, increased INXN-2002 transduction, as indicated by higher C7protein expression and vector copy number per cell, was demonstratedusing spin transduction compared to the standard no spin transduction.Spin transduction temperature did not demonstrate impact on the overalltransduction efficiency.

Table 29 below provides the effect of centrifugation speed as well astemperature and time on INXN-2002 transduction efficiency.

TABLE 28 The Effect of Spin Transduction Temperature on INXN-2002Transduction Efficiency INXN- C7 Expression (ng C7/day/E6 cells) VectorCopy Number per Cell 2002 Spin Transduction Spin Transduction MOI Nospin 4° C. RT No Spin 4° C. RT 18 105.84 ± 11.69 177.36 ± 24.98 313.59 ±39.13 0.07 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.03  6 117.82 ± 14.79 196.26 ±23.75 143.61 ± 19.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.00  2  50.05 ±13.60 136.55 ± 6.82  105.57 ± 17.90 0.01 ± 0.00 0.02 ± 0.00 0.03 ± 0.02INXN-2002 IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL (determined at Intrexon)

TABLE 29 Effect of Spin Transduction Temperature, Time, and Speed onINXN-2002 Transduction Efficiency INXN- 2002 MOI C7 Expression (ngC7/day/E6 cells) Vector Copy Number per Cell Temp 4° C. RT 4° C. RTSpeed (xg) 1300 300 1300 300 1300 300 1300 300 time (hr) 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 21 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3.8 208.88 ± 247.03 ± 221.49 ± 310.93 ± 359.47 ± 201.06± 168.98 ± 201.82 ± 0.08 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 ± 0.09 ± 0.11 ± 0.06 ± 0.07 ±0.07 ± 13.61 10.09 4.08 0.41 3.85 5.37 3.34 9.41 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.030.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 1.9 180.34 ± 265.4 ± 213.83 ± 301.82 ± 240.61 ±180.36 ± 212.76 ± 177.16 ± 0.06 ± 0.10 ± 0.05 ± 0.06 ± 0.10 ± 0.07 ±0.06 ± 0.05 ± 12.33 1.33 0.58 11.54 2.68 3.10 3.19 5.92 0.02 0.02 0.000.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 INXN-2002 IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL(determined at Intrexon)

The results indicate a modest improvement in INXN-2002 transductionefficiency, as indicated by C7 protein expression and vector copynumber, when spin transduction was conduced at RT, 1300 g, for 1 hour.The significance of the improvement is not known and the initiallydeveloped spin transduction parameters (centrifugation at 1300 g for 1.5hours at 4° C.) were selected for future study use.

Super Transduction to Further Increase INXN-2002 Transduction Efficiency

Super transduction (a second transduction) was evaluated in the earlydevelopment of INXN-2002 transduction, which is described above. Supertransduction was evaluated again in combination with spin transductionto further increase INXN-2002 transduction efficiency on fibroblastcells. Unlike the previous method, in the current study's supertransduction was performed on cells one passage after the initial spintransduction. The inclusion of the one cell passage is expected to allowthe cells to recover from the initial spin transduction and become morereceptive to the 2^(nd) super transduction.

Similarly, RDEB fibroblast cells from the previous TR8 in exponentialgrowth phase were harvested and used for this study. The optimized spintransduction method described above, centrifugation at 1300 g for 1.5hours at 4° C., was used for INXN-2002 transduction. The transducedcells were passaged once at 72-96 hours post the initial spintransduction. After 72-96 hours of culture in the second passage, cellswere harvested and re-transduced using the same spin transductionconditions. After the super spin transduction, cells were passaged anadditional three times before being harvested for Col7 expressionanalysis in the culture supernatant, and vector copy number per cellanalysis in the harvested cells. The INXN-2002 vector was used for thestudy. Table 30 provides the effect of super spin transduction onINXN-2002 transduction efficiency.

TABLE 30 Effect of Super Spin Transduction C7 Protein Expression VectorCopy Number per Cell INXN- One Round One Round 2002 of Spin Super Spinof Spin Super Spin MOI Transduction Transduction TransductionTransduction 1.9 257.8 ± 3.37 431.9 ± 95.5 0.07 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.07INXN-2002 IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL (determined at Intrexon)

Super spin transduction resulted in a significant increase in INXN-2002transduction efficiency on RDEB fibroblast cells. C7 protein expressionincreased approximately 1.7-fold and the vector copy number per cellincreased approximately 3-fold.

The data demonstrate a 40% increase in Col7 expression and a 60%increase in copy number per cell with the additional transduction. Dueto this increase, super-infection was added to the production protocol.

Transduction with the INXN-2004 Vector

Concurrent with the development of the improved transduction method, anew LV-Col7 vector (referenced as “INXN-2004”) based on a differentlentiviral vector backbone (that is, pFUGW) was also developed.

INXN-2004 Single Spin Transduction

RDEB fibroblast cells from the previous TR8 in exponential growth phasewere harvested and used for this study. In the first study, single roundof spin transduction as described above was carried out using a pilotlot of INXN-2004 vector. The standard no-spin transduction was includedin the study as a control. Cells were passaged three times before beingharvested for Col7 expression analysis in the culture supernatant, andvector copy number per cell analysis in the harvested cells. Table 31provides the Col7 expression levels and vector copy number per cellusing the INXN-2004 vector transduction.

TABLE 31 C7 Protein Expression and Vector Copy Number per Cell usingINXN-2004 Transduction INXN- C7 Protein Expression Vector Copy Numberper Cell 2004 No Spin Spin No Spin Spin MOI Transduction TransductionTransduction Transduction 17 2312.46 ± 0.03 3960.58 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.030.05 ± 0.02 4.25 1668.46 ± 0.06 3602.10 ± 0.06 0.21 ± 0.06 0.27 ± 0.061.06  724.12 ± 0.03 2566.88 ± 0.10 0.06 ± 0.03 0.21 ± 0.10 0.27  168.61± 0.00 1936.72 ± 0.00 0.02 ± 0.00 0.13 ± 0.00 INXN-2004 IU titer: 2.36 ×10⁶ IU/mL (determined at Intrexon)

Relative to the INXN-2002 vector, a significant improvement intransduction efficiency was achieved with use of INXN-2004 incombination with the spin transduction method. Additionally, theINXN-2004 vector appears to be significantly more active in transducingRDEB fibroblast cells even under a no-spin transduction condition, asindicated by the approximately 10-fold higher C7 protein expression andvector copy number per cell. The results support the use of the pFUGWbase for construction of the new INXN-2004 vector.

Consistent to what is reported above, spin transduction appears toexacerbate the INXN-2004 vector toxic effect on fibroblast cells athigher MOI conditions, as indicated by the lower C7 expression levelsand vector copy numbers at MOI17. This does not impact FCX-007manufacturing as the use of a lower MOI is demonstrated to be aseffective.

INXN-2004 Super Spin Transduction

In the second study, super spin transduction (as described above) wasused for INXN-2004 transduction. The scale of transduction was increasedfrom a 96-well plate to a T-25 flask. The transduction parametersremained unchanged, including the same RetroNectin™ coating density of 5μg/cm2, and the same cell density at transduction of 1×10⁴ cells/cm².Transduction volume in the T-25 flask was 4.2 mL. For transduction, theT-25 flask containing the cells and virus was centrifuged at 4° C., for1.5 hours at 1300 g. Cells were returned to a 37° C. incubator andincubated for three hours. After the initial incubation, 4.2 mL ofcomplete culture media was added to the flask for further incubation.Cells were passaged three times before being harvested for Col7expression analysis in the culture supernatant, and vector copy numberper cell analysis in the harvested cells. Table 32 provides the effectof super spin transduction on INXN-2004 vector transduction efficiency.A pilot lot of INXN-2004 vector was used for the study.

TABLE 32 Effect of Super Spin Transduction for the INXN-2004 VectorINXN- C7 Protein Expression Vector Copy Number per Cell 2004 Single SpinSuper Spin Single Spin Super Spin MOI Transduction TransductionTransduction Transduction 0.11 3178 ± 20.53 4029 ± 59.67 0.12 ± 0.0070.57 ± 0.134 INXN-2004 IU titer: 2.36 × 10⁶ IU/mL (determined atIntrexon)

As observed for the previous INXN-2002 vector, super spin transductionresulted in a significant increase, approximately 5-fold, in vector copynumber per cell in the transduction cells, despite a relatively modestincrease in Col7 protein expression level, under a low MOI transductioncondition.

Summary of Transduction Development and Optimization

Significant improvements in LV-Col7 transduction efficiency on RDEBfibroblast cells was achieved in continued process development, bothwith the previous INXN-2002 and the new INXN-2004 vector. Theimprovements are to enable the manufacturing of a biologically potentFCX-007 cell product. Based on the manufacturing process developmentstudy results, the following transduction procedure was chosen formanufacturing of FCX-007 using INXN-2004 vector for transduction.

Pre-coat culture surface with RetroNectin at 5 μg/cm². Tissueculture-treated flasks are used for RetroNectin™ coating.

Add cells and INXN-2004 vector simultaneously at the time oftransduction. Cell seeding density is approximately 1×10⁴ cells/cm².

Centrifuge cells and INXN-2004 vector transduction mixture in thetransduction vessel at 4° C., for 1.5 hours at 1300 g.

Incubate cells for 1.5-2.0 hours at 37° C. post transduction intransduction medium with 2% FBS, and then change or feed cells withcomplete culture medium with 10% FBS.

Use a low transduction medium volume (50 μL/well for a 96-well plate, or0.35 mL/cm²).

Perform a super-transduction on cells after one passage post the initialtransduction.

Example 6—Analysis of RDEB Genetically Modified Human Dermal FibroblastsTransduced by INXN-2002

RDEB Genetically Modified Human Dermal Fibroblasts (GM-HDF) derived fromINXN-2002 lentiviral vector was analyzed in order to:

Evaluate localization of COLT expression in established composite humanskin grafts (prepared on porcine dermis) comprised of RDEB keratinocytesby ID injection.

Assess potential carcinogenicity/tumorgenicity in composite RDEB humanskin grafted (prepared on porcine dermis) on SCID mice treated with RDEBGM-HDF

An initial attempt to evaluate GM-HDF (derived from INXN-2002) functionby seeding fibroblasts on the reticular side of composite graft cultureswas unsuccessful, possibly due to inadequate migration of GM-HDF intothe devitalized porcine dermis or insufficient time for adequatediffusion and deposition of rC7 at Day 19. An alternative approach wasused to evaluate function by direct ID injection of existing grafts insix back-up animals on study. RDEB composite grafts prepared on porcinedermis appear to be more robust than anticipated, making directinjection into established RDEB skin grafts possible. This approach moreclosely mimics the disease and clinical route of administration.

This study report presents data from an initial evaluation of IDinjection of GM-HDF into established RDEB grafts. Additional studies toachieve long term objectives for in vivo pharmacology are planned.

A. Study Materials

A.1 Test Article(s)

Test article was prepared and tested for Drug Substance releasespecifications prior to shipment. The test article for skin graftinjection was prepared one day prior to each scheduled day of treatment.GM-HDF was thawed, washed, resuspended in DMEM, and evaluated againstrelease specifications. The GM-HDF was shipped for overnight deliveryand administered within 48 hours. Non-corrected RDEB HDF (mocktransduced) was isolated and expanded from the identical patient as theGM-HDF by the same methods.

The test article and cells to be used for preparation of composite skingrafts was shipped frozen. Cells used for skin graft preparation will bethawed and cultured for testing.

Lot number TR8 (Non-Transduced Control) was used as the RDEB-HDFnegative control. Lot number TR8 Arm A (GM-HDF-LV-COLT) was used as theGM-HDF test article.

Test article analysis was performed at the manufacturing facility priorto shipment. Remaining test article will be stored at −70° C. for 1year. The test article will be stored in Dulbecco's Modified EagleMedium (DMEM).

A.2. Other Chemicals and Materials

A list of other materials is provided below in Table 33.

TABLE 33 Other Study Materials Description Source Normal Porcine SkinPorcine cadaver RDEB keratinocytes Human skin biopsy RDEB fibroblastsHuman skin biopsy Normal keratinocytes Human skin biopsy Normalfibroblasts Human skin biopsy

Group 1 (Negative Control) Cells: Untransduced RDEB cells from the donorfrom training run 8 were thawed, and passaged once prior totransfection. Two days after passaging the cells, the cells werecollected and 1.2×10⁶ cells were transfected in a 50 ml conical tube inlow serum growth (ATCC PCS-201-030 and PCS-201-041) media using thelipid based transfection agent Transfex (ATCC) with COLT plasmid VVN4317513. After a 10 minutes incubation with complexed Transfex, DNA andOptimem (LifeTech), 1×10⁶ transfected cells were transferred to a T150flask, and 2×10⁵ cells were placed in a T25 and placed in a 37° C. 5%CO2 incubator for 16 hours, at which time the media was removed andreplace with full growth media (IMDM (Sigma), 920 mg/L of L-GlutathioneReduced (Sigma) 10% heat inactivated FBS (Atlantic Biologicals) and1×Glutamax (LifeTech)). Cells were then returned to the 37° C. 5% CO2incubator until time of shipment. At time of shipment all cell flask wasfilled to capacity, such that all parts of the flask were in contactwith media regardless of the flask orientation.

B. Study Design

B.1. Randomization

Due to high failure rates of RDEB human skin grafts, mice in thesegroups of animals are not randomized.

B.2. Justification for Species and Number on Study

The NOD. CB.17-PRKDC scid/scid mouse is the standard species for use inproof of concept preclinical efficacy/toxicology studies and is a rodentspecies of choice for such evaluations using the human xenograft models.This study was designed to minimize the number of animals on study thatwould provide sufficient data to evaluate the test articles in.

B.3. Route of Administration

Fibroblasts will be administered by intradermal injection for normalskin grafts. Composite grafts will be administered cells by seedingprior to grafting.

B.4. Dose Administration

Intradermal cell injections of lentivirus transduced (COL7A1-corrected)RDEB GM-HDF (using INXN-2002) and negative controls (vehicle orRDEB-HDF) will be done with a 30-gauge needle. The injection will beperformed by first piercing the skin, then directing the needle assuperficially as possible back upward toward the surface.

Composite grafts will be administered cells by seeding prior to graftingaccording to protocol outlined in the in vitro study with thedistinction that the composite culture system will not be lifted toair-fluid interface prior to grafting.

B.4.1. Preparation of Fibroblasts for Injection (Composite Grafts)

Fibroblasts were removed from the liquid nitrogen storage at one weekprior to injection, thawed in 37° C. water bath until a small icecrystal remains, then disinfected and transferred to BSC. Vials wereresuspended in 10 ml of PBS wash volume and spun for 10 minutes at 1000RPM. The supernatant was discarded and the cells were washed in DMEM+10%FBS 1× Antibiotic media and re-spun for 10 minutes at 1000 RPM. Thepellet was resuspended in appropriate volume and plated on 15 cm TCdishes. Media was changed every other day and passaged at 80% confluenceuntil grafts are ready to inject. On the day of injection, fibroblastswere trypsinized, neutralized in DMEM+10% FBS media and spun 10 min at10000 RPM, the pellet of cells was resuspended and an aliquot of cellswas taken, cells were counted with trypan blue stain to determineviability. The cells were resuspended such that 1.0×10⁶ cells in 50 uLvolume is drawn up into syringe. A 30 g needle was attached and placedat 4° C. until mouse was ready tobe injected.

TABLE 34 Composite Skin Grafts (Fibroblast Seeding) Collec- tion Numberof Cells of Composite Skin Graft Keratino- Speci- Grp N SexKeratinocytes Fibroblasts cytes Fibroblasts mens 1 3 M WT WT 1 × 10⁶   1 × 10⁶ Day 15 2 3 M RDEB RDEB 1 × 10⁶    1 × 10⁶ Day 15Keratinocytes HDF 3 3 M RDEB RDEB- 1 × 10⁶    1 × 10⁶ Day 15Keratinocytes GM-HDF 4 3 M RDEB RDEB- 1 × 10⁶    5 × 10⁵ Day 15Keratinocytes GM-HDF 5 3 M RDEB RDEB- 1 × 10⁶  2.5 × 10⁵ Day 15Keratinocytes GM-HDF 6 3 M RDEB RDEB- 1 × 10⁶ 1.25 × 10⁵ Day 15Keratinocytes GM-HDF

TABLE 35 Composite Skin Grafts (Fibroblast Intradermal Injections) Grp NSex Test Article Dose Injection Graft Description 1 2 M RDEB-HDF 1 × 10⁶Composite 1 million RDEB GM- Graft HDF, 1 million RDEB KC 2 4 M RDEB-GM-1 × 10⁶ Composite 0.125 million RDEB HDF Graft GM-HDF, 1 million RDEB KC

TABLE 36 Study Groups for the Evaluation of ID-Injected XenograftsCondition Graft Pre-Seeding Prep Conditions Keratin- Injected Date ofocytes Fibroblasts Fibroblasts Harvest Control Groups Normal NormalNormal FB N/A Day 19 post- KC grafting FDEB RDEB RDEB N/A Day 19 post-grafting Experimental Groups 1A RDEB TR8/A 1 million TR8 10 days post-nontransduced injection 1B RDEB TR8/A 1 million TR8 10 days post-nontransduced injection 2A RDEB TR8/A 0.125 mil TR8/ArmA 10 days post-injection 2B RDEB TR8/A 0.125 mil TR8/ArmA 10 days post- injection 2CRDEB TR8/A 0.125 mil TR8/ArmA 10 days post- injection 2D RDEB TR8/A0.125 mil TR8/ArmA 10 days post- injection

C. Skin Grafts

C.1 RDEB Human Skin Grafts

C.1.1 Fibroblasts

Genetically engineered human fibroblasts (RDEB GM-HDF) produced bylentiviral gene transfer, including the INXN-2002 lentiviral vector,along with normal fibroblasts and non-corrected RDEB fibroblasts ascontrols, are the cell types used for initially infusing dermis skin.Cells are cultured onto devitalized dermis to form skin equivalentsapproximately 2 cm square. Regenerated skin composites consist of humankeratinocytes cultured atop fibroblast-infused human devitalized dermis.

Isolation and Culture of Primary Keratinocytes

Wild-type keratinocyte cells are isolated from neonatal foreskin,whereas primary RDEB keratinocytes are isolated from patient skinsamples. The latter is obtained as a 6 mm punch biopsy submerged in 15mL of keratinocyte growth medium 50/50V in a 15 mL centrifuge tubeshipped on wet ice. No bubbles can be present in shipped samples. Medium50/50V contains 50% medium 154 (Invitrogen) supplemented with HKGS (0.2%bovine pituitary extract [BPE], bovine insulin [5 mg/mL], hydrocortisone[0.18 mg/mL], bovine transferrin [5 mg/mL], human epidermal growthfactor [0.2 ng/mL]) and 50% keratinocyte SFM (KSFM; Invitrogen)supplemented with recombinant human EGF1-53 BPE. Antibiotics AV100(amikacin/vancomycin) are added to reduce bacterial contamination.

Separate dermis and epidermis by treating with 25 U/mL dispase (BectonDickinson) overnight at 4° C. Epidermis is then peeled from dermis andplaced in a 15 mL centrifuge tube with 5 mL TrypLE 10×. Epidermal “peel”is incubated in a 37° C. water bath for 15-30 min with gentle agitationevery 5 min. TrypLE is neutralized with equal volume DTI (definedtrypsin inhibitor) or DMEM+10% FBS. Cells are pelleted at 1200 rpm andplated in 12 mL 50/50V onto T75 Corning® PurecoatTMcollagen 1 mimeticflasks. In the event of PureCoat™ flask unavailability frommanufacturer, 1 ml of collagen 1 coating solution per 10 cm plastic dishfor 15 minutes at 37° C. can be used instead. Collagen 1 coating is a0.2 uM filtered solution of Vitrogen 100 Collagen (1 ml), HEPES (2 ml),BSA (100 uL of 100 mg/ml) and 1×HBSS (100 ml). The excess collagencoating is aspirated prior to cell seeding. Flasks are swirled to ensurean even distribution of cells and placed in a 37° C. 5% CO₂ humidifiedincubator for at least one night before any manipulation or observation.Cells are allowed to adapt to tissue culture conditions for 3 days.After adaptation, medium is changed once every 2 days or as needed.Keratinocytes are passaged onto normal tissue culture plastic when theyare approximately 70% confluent.

In the 50/50V media keratinocytes grow well for five passages.Keratinocytes are utilized within the first four passages.

Preparation of Porcine Devitalized Dermis

Obtain sheets of split thickness porcine skin. This may be prepared insimilar fashion to devitalized human dermis (as above) from porcine skinharvested by dermatome. Wash the porcine dermis 3× in sterile PBScontaining 1× penicillin/streptomycin/Amphotericin/gentamicin andincubate in PBS with 1M NaCl and 2× antibiotics at 37° C. for 72 hours.Separate epidermis and discard, wash 3× with 1×PBS containingantibiotics to remove excess salt and gentamicin in solution.

Confirm sterility by culturing a piece of porcine dermis in 50/50V orKGM for 4 days. Dermis can be stored at 4° C. in antibiotic solution,changing the PBS weekly. Dermis should not be stored for more than a fewmonths before use.

Organotypic Culture Seeding Fibroblasts

Cut devitalized dermis into 2 cm square pieces. Place dermis basementmembrane side down into 6 well culture plates and allow dermis to dryslightly.

Seed fibroblasts into each well, centrifuge 1200 rpm for 5 minutes andreturn to 37° C. with 5% humidified CO₂ for 3-4 days, changing mediaevery day. During this time, fibroblasts attach to the dermis and beginto migrate into the tissue.

Seeding Keratinocytes

After the fibroblasts have migrated through the dermis, carefully detachdermis and transfer to annular dermal support (ADS). Add a thin layer ofMatrigel to seal and secure dermis in device. Add 5 mL KGM to stromalcompartment of ADS. KGM is a 3:1 mixture of DMEM:Ham's F12 supplementedwith FBS (10%), adenine (1.8×10-4 M), hydrocortisone (0.4 μg/mL),insulin (5 μg/mL), cholera toxin (1×10-10 M), EGF (10 ng/mL),transferrin (5 μg/mL), and triiodo-L-thyronine (1.36 ng/mL). Trypsinize,count, and seed keratinocytes in a total volume of 100 μL of KGM perADS. Return ADS assembly to incubator. Do not disturb ADS for at least24 hrs. The keratinocytes at the top of the dermis must remain at theair liquid interface. Change the KGM in the lower chamber every day.Organotypic culture will continue for 1-2 weeks.

Grafting Organotypic Culture

Organotypic cultures will be ready to graft after 7-10 days. Graftingwill be conducted as described above for normal human skin grafts.Bandages and sutures will be removed after 7-10 days and animal will berewrapped with fresh bandaging for another week. Thereafter graft willbe exposed to air to mature.

Harvesting Grafts and Sectioning

Humanely sacrifice mice and carefully harvest graft. Bisect graft andcut an additional 1 mm slice. Trim slice down to a 1 mm square and sendfor immunoelectron microscopy (IEM). Freeze remaining halves in OCT ondry ice while noting the central edge. Sectioning will start at thisedge. One half will be sectioned for immediate analysis and remaininghalf will be stored for later analysis. Cut ten 8 μm sections startingfrom the central edge and sequentially label. Discard the next fortysections. Repeat until end of graft is reached. Air dry and fix with icecold 50/50 acetone/methanol.

Injection of Established RDEB Composite Grafts

Fibroblasts will be intradermally injected directly into the skinfollowing of the established graft. Injections will be no greater than50 μL in volume.

Injections were performed on mice previously grafted with compositegrafts as described herein: Devitalized porcine dermis was seeded bycentrifugation with variable dosage of RDEB GM-HDF and grown in tissueculture for 1 week. Subsequently, the dermis was flipped over and 1million RDEB keratinocytes were seeded and allowed to grow in culturefor one more week. After this two week period in tissue culture asdescribed above, the grafts were placed on SCID mice and sutured inplace, bandaged for 13 days. The dressings were removed at that time,and at 38-41 days post grafting, grafts were injected with 50 uL volumeof fibroblasts.

D. Experimental Procedures

D.1. Localization of COLT

Immunofluorescent microscopy was used to evaluate expression of type VIIcollagen. For immunofluorescence (IF) analyses of skin cultures withanti-human C7 specific antibody NP185.

D.1.2. Methods for NP 185 Antibody Immunofluorescence Microscopy

Composite grafts were harvested from SCID mice immediately after CO₂euthanasia was performed. The grafts were bisected and placed in OCTblocks. Frozen blocks of tissue were sectioned on a Leica CM1850cryostat at 8 μM thickness at −21° C. and fixed in ice cold 50%methanol/50% acetone. Slides were rehydrated and washed in 1×PBS threetimes, incubated in primary antibody (NP185 10 ug/ml; mouse anti-HumanCollagen VII) for 1 hour at room temperature. Slides were washed andincubated in Alexa 488 tagged goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (1:400, 1hour, Room Temperature, life technologies) and a nuclear Hoescht 33342counterstain (Life technologies). Samples were washed three times in1×PBS, mounted using fluoromount prior to imaging. Images were taken ona Zeiss Observer.Z1 fluorescence microscope at 20× magnification.

Grafts harvested at Day 19 were included as positive and negativecontrol arms. Experimental arms were injected Day 38, 39, or 41 andharvested Day 48, 49, or 51 (Table 37).

TABLE 37 Graft, Injection, and Harvest Days Day of Day of Day of StudyArm N Graft Injection Harvest Control Arms Positive (Normal 1 0 N/A 19keratinocytes, normal fibroblasts) Negative (RDEB 1 0 N/A 19keratinocytes, RDEB fibroblasts) Experiment Arms Non-transduced 2 0 4151 RDEB fibroblasts GM-HDF 4 0 38 (n = 3) or 48 (n = 3) or 39 (n = 1) 49(n = 1)

E. Data Analysis

IF images were prepared and provided to the PI in a blinded fashion.Data was analyzed and interpreted by the PI prior to unblinding.

F. Results

Representative results from the IF analysis of the harvested grafttissue are presented in FIG. 26.

C7 staining at DEJ was visualized in all NP185 staining conditionsexcluding the negative control (image “RDEB uncorrected”—see arrows atDEJ for negative baseline comparison). With regard to the positivecontrols, there was intense DEJ staining seen in the DEJ of normalkeratinocytes/fibroblasts seeded grafts. There was a small focus ofpositive staining seen in the group 1 injected with uncorrectedfibroblasts (Image 1b) in a small section that could representpreviously seeded corrected fibroblasts, however the remainder of theuncorrected fibroblast injected grafts in both mice appear to be lessintense (as represented in image 1a). There was C7 staining seen at theDEJ in the representative images of four mouse grafts injected withcorrected fibroblasts (4a-d) were observed even after only 10-dayspost-injection.

No tumors were observed in any grafts during the course of the study.

G. Conclusions

RDEB GM-HDF TR8 intradermally injected at the approximate proposedclinical dose produced C7 that localized to the DEJ in vivo in compositegrafts of RDEB keratinocytes on devitalized pig dermis. Additionallyresults from seeding of GM-HDF in composite grafts prior to graftingindicate that GM-HDF could persist in expression C7 that localizes tothe DEJ. This model can be used to characterize the localization,durability, persistence and phenotype correction approximating theeffect of GM-HDF predictive of the clinical dose.

Results of these studies show intradermal injections of autologousGM-HDF as an effective treatment of RDEB in patients.

Example 7—Non-GLP In Vitro GM-HDF Cell Characterization andProof-of-Concept Assessments

The objectives of this study are the following: (a) characterize theGM-HDFs produced using the anticipated at-scale GMP production method tobe used for the treatment of RDEB patients; (b) assess copy number ofintegrated LV and expression levels of C7; and (c) confirm thefunctionality of C7 expressed by the GM-HDFs

A. Study Materials

A.1. Test Article(s)

GM-HDFs from Training runs 8, 9, and 10, and the Engineering run (asdescribed above) were characterized.

TABLE 38 General production information for TR8, TR9, TR10, and ER1LV-COL7 Production MOI and TU Production Run Arm (IU/cell) titer ScaleTR8 A 3.4 INXN-2002 2 x 10-layer B 1.7 (Pilot) CellSTACKs ® Control¹ 09.2 × 10⁶ IU/mL TR9 A 1.0 LV-HA-COL7 2 x 10-layer B 1.9 (Pilot)CellSTACKs ® Control¹ 0 2.0 × 10⁶ IU/mL TR10² A 2.0 INXN-2002 6 x10-layer Control¹ 0 (GMP) CellSTACKs ® 2.3 × 10⁶ IU/mL ER1² A 2.6INXN-2002 6 x 10-layer (GMP) CellSTACKs ® 2.3 × 10⁶ IU/mL ¹Control armcells were mock-transduced ²Only one LV-COL7 transduction arm wasgenerated for TR10 and for ER1B. Primer and Probe Sequences Used in qPCR Analyses

TABLE 39 Primer and Probe Sequences used for qPCR Assays Name Sequence¹Assay PR13843 ACCTGAAAGCGAAAGGGAAAC (SEQ LV-COL7 copy number forward²ID NO: 25) PR13843 CACCCATCTCTCTCCTTCTAGCC (SEQ LV-COL7 copy numberreverse² ID NO: 26) PR13843 probe² 6-FAM- LV-COL7 copy numberAGCTCTCTCGACGCAGGACTCGGC- 3′IB FQ (SEQ ID NO: 27) PR13653 forwardCACTCCCAACGAAGACAAGAT (SEQ ID COL7A1 mRNA expression NO: 28)PR13653 reverse GTCTAACCAGAGAGACCCAGTA (SEQ COL7A1 mRNA expressionID NO: 29) PR13653 probe 6-FAM COL7A1 mRNA expressionTTTGTAAACCGGTGCAGCTGCTTT 3′IB FQ (SEQ ID NO: 30) ¹Primers/probespurchased from IDT. ²LV-specific primer/probe sequences derived fromGreenberg et al. (2006).

C. Experimental Procedures C.1 LV-COLT Copy Number

Nucleic acid isolation was performed using Qiagen's AllPrep kitaccording to the manufacturer's instructions. gDNA isolated from 3×10⁵GM-HDF cells was normalized to 12.5 ng/μl. 8 μl of the normalized gDNAwas used in a 20 μL assay (10 μL Taqman® Gene Express, 1.8 μLnuclease-free water, 0.06 μL of 100 μM forward primer, 0.06 μL of 100 μMreverse primer, 0.04 μL of 100 μM Taqman® probe). A standard curve ofserially diluted linearized C7 lentiviral shuttle vector (1e6copies/reaction to 5 copies/reaction), plus 4 μL of human gDNA (1.5e4cells/reaction) were also assayed in the 20 μL assay mentioned above.The Taqman® assay used was PR13843. 8 μL of an additional standard curveof commercial human gDNA (Clontech) (1.5e4 cells/reaction to 2e2cells/reaction) in a 20 μL assay (10 μL Taqman® Gene Express, 1.0 Lnuclease-free water, 1 μL of 20×ACTB primer/probe set) was alsoperformed. All samples were run on an ABI7900 using the followingcycling parameters: 2 minutes at 50° C., 10 minutes at 95° C., and 40cycles of 15 sec at 95° C. and 1 minute at 60° C.

C.2 COL7A1 RT-qPCR

Vials of GM-HDF cells were thawed and gDNA and RNA were isolated usingQiagen's AllPrep™ kit. RNA (800 μg) was used to generate cDNA usingQuanta's gScript™ per manufacturer's instructions. The cDNA and gDNAwere then tested using Taqman® assay PR13653 as described in above. Datawere normalized to housekeeping gene ACTB (dCT), and then compared toControl data (ddCT). The resulting ddCT is converted to fold changeusing the formula 2{circumflex over ( )}−(ddCT).

C.3 C7 Immunofluorescence

For immunofluorescence analyses, 1.2×10⁴ GM-HDFs were allowed to attachto PDL/Lamin—coated coverslips in 24-well plates overnight and thenfixed and permeabilized with a 50%/50% mix of methanol/acetone. Thecoverslips were washed 3 times with 1×PBS and then blocked with 10% goatserum in PBS for 30 minutes at room temperature. After three additionalwashes with PBS, the coverslips were incubated with 1.25 μg/mL fNC1antibody in 1% goat serum/PBS, followed by 3 additional washes with PBSand incubation with 5 μg/mL Alexa Fluor® 555—conjugated goat anti-rabbitIgG in 1% goat serum/PBS for 1 hour at room temperature. Coverslips werestained with NucBlue® Live Cell Stain Ready Probes Reagent before beingmounted onto slides. Images were acquired on a Zeiss Axio Observermicroscope at 20× magnification using an exposure time of 290 ms. NHDFsor GM-HDFs were fixed, permeabilized, and stained with NucBlueLive® CellStain to visualize nuclei (blue) or with the fNC1 antibody and AlexaFluor® 555-congugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (5 μg/mL) to visualize C7expression (red). Images were acquired at 20× magnification using anexposure time of 290 ms.

C.4 C7 Protein ELISA

Briefly, a standard curve of purified His-NC1 fragment (9.8-625 ng/mL)or collected supernatants containing C7 protein (from GM-HDF in culturefor three to five days) were immobilized to a Nunc MaxiSorp® 96-wellplate overnight at 4° C. Standards and samples were tested in the samesample matrix (20% RDEB fibroblast conditioned media). Coated wells werewashed with PBST and blocked with 3% BSA/PBS for 1 hour at 37° C.Detection was accomplished using a polyclonal anti-NC1 Ab (fNC1, 0.5μg/mL) followed by incubation with secondary antibody donkey anti-rabbitIgG HRP (Jackson ImmunoResearch, 0.08 μg/mL). Bound antibodies weredetected via colorimetric development with TMB substrate solution.Following quenching of the reaction, absorbance was measured at 450 nmon the SpectraMax® Plus 384 (Molecular Devices).

C.5 Immunoprecipitation of C7 Trimers

First, magnetic Protein G beads were washed with 1×PBS-T. Beads werebound to the magnet for a minimum of 2 minutes prior to removal ofsupernatant and in all subsequent steps. Following the washes, the beadswere coated with 5 μg of anti-C7 fNC1 and incubated for 10 minutes withrotation (Glas-Col, setting 30˜14 rpm at room temperature). Beads werebound to the magnet to remove the supernatant and washed with Abbinding/Wash buffer. Supernatants were collected from GM-HDFs in culturefor three to five days. C7 containing supernatant was added to thebead/C7 supernatant mix and was incubated overnight at 4° C. withrotation (setting 30˜14 rpm). The next day the beads were bound to themagnet and washed three times using Wash buffer. Target antigen waseluted in 20 μL of elution buffer (50 mM glycine, pH 2.8, and 10 μl of4× Loading Dye). The samples were denatured at 70° C. for 10 minutes. 12μl of a total of 30 μl (remaining sample was stored at 4° C.) were thenloaded (per well) into a 12 well 3-8% Tris Acetate gel and run for 4hours at 150 volts. The gel was removed from the cassette and soaked inTransfer Buffer containing 10% methanol for 20 minutes. Overnight wettransfer of the gel to a nitrocellulose membrane was performed at 15volts at 4° C. The next day, the voltage was increased to 50 volts for30 min on ice. Upon completion of transfer, the blot was blocked using5% milk in TBS-T with agitation (Labnet ProBlot™Rocker 25, setting 60rpm) for 2 hours at room temperature and incubated with commerciallyavailable anti-C7 LH7.2 (0.25 μg/mL) with agitation for 2 hours at roomtemperature. The blot was washed 3 times with 1×TBS-T (5 min each) withagitation before being probed with HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG(0.1 μg/mL) with agitation for 1 hour at room temperature. The blot wasdeveloped using Lumiglo UltraTMChemiluminescent substrate and FujifilmLAS 3000 Imaging System.

C.6 Lam332 Binding

96-well MaxiSorp™ plates were coated with 1 μg Lam332 or BSA in 100 mMcarbonate buffer, pH 9.3 overnight at 4° C. The plates were rinsed fivetimes with PBS-T, and then blocked with 1% BSA in PBS-T at roomtemperature for 1 hour. Coated wells were rinsed five times with PBS-Tand incubated with supernatants from transduced cells overnight at 4° C.Following three more washes with PBS-T, bound C7 was incubated with thefNC1 antibody (0.5 μg/mL, PBS-T) at room temperature for 3 hours,followed by incubation with HRP-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG (0.8μg/mL final concentration in PBS-T) at room temperature for 2 hrs.Detection of the C7-bound antibodies was via a colorimetric reactionusing TMB and measured by reading the absorbance of the product at 450nm on a SpectraMax® Plus 384 plate reader (Molecular Devices). Allincubations were carried out on an orbital shaker (GeneMate) at a speedsetting of 2.

C.7. Cell Migration Assay

CytoSelect™ 24-well wound-healing assay kit from Cell Biolabs, Inc. wasused for the cell migration assay. GM-HDFs (0.8×10⁵) were seeded in thepresence of a wound insert in 24-well plates and grown for 48 hours. Thewound insert was then removed and the cells were further cultured inreduced (1%) serum media containing 15 μg/mL type I collagen (COL1) for8 hours. Brightfield images of the wounds were acquired 0, 2, 4, 6, and8 hours after removal of the wound insert using the Celigo® ImagingCytometry System (Cyntellect). The surface area of the wound at eachtime point was measured using ImageJ (National Institutes of Health).The data is reported as the percentage of migration (% Migration)covering the wound area.

C.7. Data Analysis

qPCR was performed using an ABI 7900 instrument utilizing SDS2.3software. The experimental data were viewed and exported in SDS 2.4software. ImagJ software was used to quantitate percent cell migrationfor the assay described above. ImageJ is an open source image processingprogram developed by the Nation Institute of Health and designed forscientific multidimensional images.

D. Results D.1. Characterization of C7 Expression D.1.1. LV-COLT CopyNumber and Transcript Levels

Taqman® assays were designed against various regions of the viralshuttle vector. Of the Taqman® assays tested, designs targeting the C7coding sequence demonstrated unacceptable levels of backgroundamplification. The Taqman® assay selected, PR13843, was targeted to asequence found at the 5′ end of the LV backbone as described inGreenberg et al. (2006).

GM-HDF training run cells were obtained, washed with dPBS, andresuspended in RLT buffer. Qiagen's AllPrep kit was used to isolate theDNA (for copy number) and RNA (for mRNA transcript level) from the drugsubstance vials from each arm of each training run. The isolated DNA andRNA were then subjected to qPCR and RT-qPCR assays as described above inSection C.1 and C.2, respectively. Table 40 shows the copy number/cellfrom Training Runs 8, 9, and 10 (TR8, TR9 and TR10) and the EngineeringRun (ER1). The data demonstrate that the number of copies of transgeneintegrated into each cell can be modulated by the virus dose given tothe cells during production, and is less than 1 copy/cell. Similarly,the LV-COLT transcript levels, shown in FIG. 40, also correlate with thevirus dose and copy number, with Arms A and B from the training runsexpressing higher levels (3 to 5 LOG) of the lentiviral C7 sequencecompared to Control cells.

TABLE 40 LV-COL7 Copy Number in GM-HDF Production Run Cells ProductionLV-COL7 MOI Gene Copy per Run Used Arm (IU/cell) Cell TR8 INXN-2002 A3.4 0.021 ± 0.007 (Pilot) B 1.7 0.017 ± 0.007 Control¹ 0 BLQ² TR9LV-HA-COL7 A 1.0 0.009 ± 0.002 (Pilot) B 1.9 0.021 ± 0.002 Control¹ 0BLQ² TR10³ INXN-2002 A (3) 2.0 0.013 ± 0.002 (GMP) Control¹ 0 BLQ² ER1³INXN-2002 A (3) 2.6 0.025 ± 0.005 (GMP) Control¹ 0 BLQ² ¹Control armswere mock-transduced and were not exposed to LV-COL7 ²BLQ: below limitof quantitation ³Only a single transduction arm was generated for TR10and for ER1

D.1.2. C7 Protein Expression

Indirect immunofluorescence (IF) was used to examine C7 proteinexpression by GM-HDF cells using an antibody specific for the C7. Normalhuman dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) were used as a positive control forthis assay and the control arms of the training runs were used asnegative controls. In the representative images shown in FIG. 28 below,a small percentage (<10%) of INXN-2002 and LV-HA-COL7-transduced RDEBfibroblasts show C7 staining, which is consistent with the copy numberof integrated LV (Table 18). The signal from the GM-HDFs that areC7-positive is brighter than the signal from NHDFs, indicating greateramounts of C7 produced by GM-HDFs.

A direct ELISA was developed by Intrexon to measure C7 secreted byGM-HDFs into the cell culture media. This assay, as described above inSection C.4, utilized an NC1 region-specific polyclonal antibody. ELISAassay results of the GM-HDFs from the three training runs show that C7expression is LV dose dependent with expression levels ranging from45-90 ng/mL of cell supernatants (FIG. 29).

D.2. Functional Assessment of C7 Expressed by GM-HDFs 9.2.1. Formationof C7 Trimers

The formation of C7 trimers is important in the assembly of anchoringfibrils. To verify that the C7 expressed by GM-HDFs will be capable offorming anchoring fibrils, we assessed whether or not the expressed C7formed trimers using immunoprecipitation (IP) with an anti-C7 specificantibody (fNC1) for selective capture, then concentration of C7 fromculture supernatants for detection by SDS-PAGE/immunoblot.

The optimal conditions for immunoprecipitation were established bytesting a commercial C7 antibody and the fNC1 C7 antibody. The coatingof protein G beads with fNC1 resulted in higher levels of C7 bindingcompared to coating with the commercially available antibody. Controlsused in this assay include a no antibody control to rule outnon-specific binding of C7 to the beads, as well as antibody coatedbeads incubated with and without purified C7 spiked into conditionedmedia as controls for specificity of C7 isolated from GM-HDF culturesupernatants.

Immunoprecipitation results for TR8 and for TR10 and ER1 showed that theC7 produced by GM-HDF was predominantly trimeric (FIG. 10, and FIG. 11,respectively). Some lower molecular weight species showingimmunoreactivity were also observed, and included the dimeric and 290kDa monomeric forms. IP of C7 from GM-HDFs of TR9 was detected on theimmunoblot at low levels by both an anti-C7 antibody (left panel, FIG.11B) as well as an antibody specific for the HA tag incorporated intothe C7 protein (right panel, FIG. 11B).

D.2.2. Lam332 Binding by C7 Expressed from GM-HDFs

C7 has been shown to bind immobilized extracellular matrix (ECM)components, including fibronectin, Laminin 332 (Lam332), COL1, and COL4(Chen, et al., 2002a). The interaction between C7 and Lam332 occursthrough the NH2-terminal NC1 domain of C7 and is dependent upon thenative conformation of both Lam332 and C7 NC1 (Rousselle, et al., 1997).The association between C7 and Lam332 is important for establishingcorrect Lam332 architecture at the dermal-epidermal junction. Suchorganization is important for interactions with extracellular ligandsand cell surface receptors, and for cell signaling (Waterman, et al.,2007). Intrexon developed an ELISA using an antibody against the C7 NC1domain to detect binding of C7 to purified Lam332. Although a C7/Lam332binding ELISA has already been described in the literature (Chen, etal., 2002a), to our knowledge it has never been used to test C7 presentin the supernatants of transduced cells. Results in FIG. 12 showdose-dependent binding to Lam332 by C7 expressed by GM-HDFs from theTraining and Engineering runs.

D.2.3. Cell Migration Assay

Previous studies have shown that RDEB fibroblasts and keratinocytes showan increase in motility relative to their normal counterparts, and thatnormal motility can be restored by expression of C7 (Chen, et al., 2000;Chen, et al., 2002b; Cogan, et al. 2014; Baldeschi et al., 2003). Mostof these studies employed either the colloidal gold salt migration assayto measure the migration of fibroblasts and keratinocytes, or awound-healing assay to measure the migration of keratinocytes. Here weused the CytoSelect™ 24-well wound-healing assay kit (Cell Biolabs,Inc.) to measure the motility of NHDFs and GM-HDFs.

Immunofluorescent staining for C7 revealed that only a small percentage(<10%) of transduced cells expressed high levels of the protein, raisingthe question as to whether a small number of C7-producing cells couldhave a global effect on cell migration. To determine if the presence ofC7 in the culture media is sufficient to reverse the RDEB hyper-motilityphenotype, the wound healing assay was carried out on GM-HDFs from thethree training runs, with NHDFs as a positive control and themock-transduced Control (RDEB) arms as the negative control.

Control fibroblasts from TR8, TR10, and ER1 exhibit a hyper-motilityphenotype that is reversed by the expression of C7 (FIG. 30). However,the Control fibroblasts from TR9 do not exhibit a significanthyper-motility phenotype, making it difficult to investigate thefunctionality of HA-tagged C7 in this assay.

Conclusions

The integrated transgene copy number per cell in GM-HDFs was dependenton the virus dose ranging from 0.009 to 0.03 transgene copies per cell.

Dose-dependent C7 expression from the GM-HDF cells was confirmed byqRT-PCR, immunofluorescence staining, and ELISA.

The structure of the C7 expressed by the GM-HDF cells was confirmed tobe predominantly trimeric by immunoprecipitation/SDS-PAGE/immunoblotanalysis for TR8, TR10, and ER1. TR9 showed minimal trimer formation.

The C7 produced from the TR8 GM-HDF cells was demonstrated to befunctional by binding to Laminin332 in an in vitro binding assay and bycorrection of the hypermotility phenotype of Control RDEB cells in an invitro migration assay. TR9 showed binding to Laminin332, however,migration assay results were equivocal. TR9 HA-GM-HDFs generated fromtransduction with LV-HA-COLT showed low levels of trimer, less bindingto Lam332, and lack of clear hypermotility correction.

Due to lack of confirmation of in vitro functionality of HA-C7 expressedby TR9 HA-GM-HDFs, TR8 cells were chosen for in vitro and in vivo hybridpharmacology/toxicology evaluations. This eliminated the ability toassess expression, localization and persistence in normal human skin orRDEB composite grafts prepared with devitalized human skin. Ultimately,composite grafts prepared with devitalized porcine dermis were used forthese studies. Immunostaining with human specific anti-C7 antibody wasused to distinguish rC7 form native C7 in this approach.

Example 8—Drug Product

FCX-007 Drug Product consists of a sterile suspension of each patient'sown living autologous fibroblast cells, which are gene modified usingINXN-2004 LV-COLT to encode the human wild type COL7A1 gene, formulatedin Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) without phenol red.

Formulation Development

Development of FCX-007 formulation and cell dosage was based onFibrocell's manufacturing experience with azficel-T (LAVIV®); a live,autologous fibroblast cell product for injection. Fibroblast cells havebeen successfully formulated in DMEM at a cell concentration range of0.5-3.0×10⁷ cells/mL without viscosity concerns (azficel-T BLA #125348).Data suggest viscosity becomes a concern for product injection when cellconcentration reaches 5.8×10⁷ cells/mL. As a result, DMEM at a cellconcentration of 1.0-3.0×10⁷ cells/mL was selected as the formulationfor FCX-007 DP.

Excess

Up to ten FCX-007 DP vials are shipped to the clinic as one dose fortreatment injection. At the time of administration, the DP vial isgently inverted three times, and then 1 mL from each vial is drawnaseptically into a sterile 1 mL syringe with a 21 gauge needle. The 21gauge needle is then replaced with a 30 gauge needle for intradermaladministration. The process is repeated for the remaining 9 productvials.

FCX-007 DP vials are filled with 1.2 mL of the fibroblast cellsuspension into a 2.0 mL capacity vial for a recoverable volume of 1.0mL. The 0.2 mL excess is intended to ensure that 1.0 mL can be obtainedfrom the vial at the time of administration in the clinic.

a. Physicochemical and Biological Properties

i. Physicochemical Properties

FCX-007 DP is presented as a gene modified autologous fibroblast cellsuspension in DMEM without phenol red with a 1.2 mL fill in a 2 mLcryovial. The cells are demonstrated by assays to be a living culture.Table 41 shows the physicochemical properties of FCX-007 DP.

TABLE 41 Physicochemical Properties of FCX-007 DP PhysicochemicalProperty Value Cell Count 1.0-3.0 × 10⁷ cells Cell Viability ≥70%

Biological Properties

FCX-007 is a sterile autologous fibroblast cell product that isgenetically modified to express the human collagen 7 protein (C7).INXN-2004 vector copy number per cell and expression of the C7 proteinare unique biological properties of FCX-007 DP. FCX-007 DP is a livecell suspension product that is produced from FCX-007 DS by washing thethawed FCX-007 DS cells in PBS and DMEM buffers. INXN-2004 vector copynumber per cell and C7 protein expression are analyzed on the FCX-007 DSprior to release to manufacture FCX-007 DP Table 42 shows the biologicalproperties of FCX-007 DP.

TABLE 42 Biological Properties of FCX-007 DP Biological Property ValueStage Measured Cell Type Purity/Identity ≥98% CD 90+ Drug Substance(fibroblast) INXN-2002 Vector Copy 0.1-5.0 Drug Substance Number C7Protein Expression ≥500 ng/day/E6 cells Drug Substance Sterility NoGrowth (Sterile) Drug Product

Batch Formula

To prepare the FCX-007 Drug Product, FCX-007 Drug Substance vials areremoved from the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen frozen storage, thawed,and pooled inside an ISO 5 BSC. The cells are washed with phosphatebuffered saline (PBS), followed by a wash with Dulbecco's ModifiedEagle's Medium (DMEM) without phenol red before being suspended in DMEMwithout phenol red to a target concentration of 1.0-3.0×10⁷ cells/mL.The formulated cells are then filled into 2 mL cryovials at 1.2 mL/vial.Drug Product material prepared for each injection treatment is definedas a batch. The proposed treatment batch size is up to ten (10) 2 mLvials containing 1.2 mL of cell suspension.

Table 43 provides a list of all components used in the Drug Productmanufacturing process.

TABLE 43 Composition and Quantity of FCX-007 Drug Product Batch QualityQuantity per Quantity per Batch Component Function Standard DP Vial¹ (10vials per batch) FCX-007 DS Drug Drug Product 1.2-3.6 × 10⁷ 1.2-3.6 ×10⁸ Substance Certificate of cells cells Analysis PBS Diluent usedManufacturer's Minimal Minimal for washing Certificate residual trace²residual trace² Drug of Analysis Substance cells DMEM Buffer forManufacturer's 1.2 mL 12 mL without cell Certificate phenol redsuspension of Analysis ¹Vial contains 1.2 mL of FCX-007 cell suspension²PBS wash residual is diluted with DMEM without phenol red such thattrace amounts of PBS is possible but not quantifiable

Description of Manufacturing Process and Process Controls

b. Manufacturing Process Flow Diagram

Manufacturing of the FCX-007 Drug Product commences when FCX-007 Drug

Substance vials are removed from liquid nitrogen storage and thawedusing a ThermoMixer®. In an ISO5 BSC the thawed FCX-007 DS cells arepooled into a 250 mL centrifuge tube containing >5× bulk volume ofphosphate buffered saline (PBS) wash buffer for re-suspension. The cellsare centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 10 minutes at 5±3° C. and the PBS washbuffer is removed. This is followed by a wash with >5× bulk volume ofDulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) by re-suspension andcentrifugation at 1000 rpm for 10 minutes at 5±3° C. The DMEM washbuffer is removed. The washed cells are re-suspended in DMEM withoutphenol red to a target concentration of 2.0×10⁷ cells/mL. The cellsuspension is manually filled into sterile 2.0 mL cryovials in an ISO5BSC to a volume of 1.2 mL per vial to produce the FCX-007 DP vials. TheDrug Product vials are stored at 2-8° C. until released by QA forshipment in a Credo Cube™ shipper to the clinical site.

Manufacturing Process Description

FCX-007 Drug Product is manufactured as indicated above. INXN-2002 is asynonymous name for FCX-007.

Step 1: Removal of FCX-007 Drug Substance Vials from Liquid NitrogenStorage and Lot Verification

The FCX-007 Drug Substance, which is stored in a liquid nitrogenfreezer, is requested from Materials Management. FCX-007 Drug Substancevials are then pulled for this batch of FCX-007 Drug Product productionbefore being transferred to the cleanroom suite.

Step 2: Thaw Cryovials

A Line Clearance of the cleanroom suite is performed by QA per SOP-0099GMP Production Line Clearance/GTP Line Cleaning in order to release theroom for processing use. Operators initiate room, personnel, and BSCenvironmental monitoring (EM) per SOP-0129 (In Process Environmental andPersonnel Monitoring) prior to processing and non-viable EM sampling inthe BSC during processing.

The FCX-007 DS cyrovials are disinfected and thawed in a ThermoMixer®equilibrated to 37° C. until cell suspension is almost completely thawedwith a sliver of ice crystals remaining. The thawed vials aretransferred to a BSC.

Step 3: PBS Wash

Inside the BSC, using a pipette, transfer approximately 150 mL of PBS(>5 volumes of the FCX-007 DS cell suspension) into a 250 mL centrifugetube. The contents of the thawed cryovials are transferred into the 250mL centrifuge tube. Use the diluted cell suspension to rinse thepipette. Use a pipette to transfer 3.0 mL of fresh PBS to each cryovialas a rinse. Transfer the rinse to a 250 mL centrifuge tube. Swirl thetube gently to mix the cell suspension. Transfer the centrifuge tube toa centrifuge and centrifuge the cells at 1000 RPM for 10 minutes at 5±3°C. After centrifugation, remove the PBS wash supernatant from the tube.

i. Step 4: DMEM Wash

Using a pipette, add approximately 200 mL of DMEM without phenol red (>5volumes of the FCX-007 DS cell suspension) to the tube to re-suspend thecell pellet. Swirl the tube gently to mix the cell suspension. Transferthe centrifuge tube to a centrifuge and centrifuge the cells at 1000 RPMfor 10 minutes at 5±3° C. After centrifugation, using a pipette,transfer 0.9 mL of the supernatant from the centrifuge bottle into eachof 2 separate 2 mL cryovials (1.8 mL total) labeled “Lot, QC-Sterility”.Set the cryovials labeled for sterility aside in the BSC. Aspirate theremaining DMEM wash supernatant from the centrifuge tube.

Step 5: Cell Pellet Re-Suspension in DMEM

The volume of DMEM used to re-suspend the cell pellet is calculated as:

Volume of thawed FCX-007 DS cell suspension divided by 1.5

The 1/1.5 volume factor compensates for possible cell loss during thewash steps, in order to result in a cell concentration in the specifiedrange of 1.0-3.0×10⁷ cells/mL after re-suspension.

Use a pipette to transfer the calculated amount of DMEM to re-suspendthe cell pellet in the centrifuge tube. Use a pipette to transfer 0.1 mLof the cell suspension into a 2 mL cryovial labeled “Lot, QC-Count andViability” and submit the cryovial to QC for cell counting. Use apipette to measure the remaining total cell suspension volume and placethe cell suspension into a 2-8° C. refrigerator for later final filluse.

Step 5a: Re-dilution (if needed)

If the QC cell concentration is above 3.0×10⁷ cells/mL, perform anadditional dilution using fresh DMEM to target a cell concentration of2.0×10⁷ cells/mL. Re-submit a cell suspension sample to QC for cellcount to confirm final cell concentration.

Step 6: Final Fill

Retrieve the cells from the refrigerator and transfer the cells to theBSC for final fill. Use a pipette to fill the well-mixed cell suspensionmanually into 2 mL cryovials in the following order:

Fill 0.1 mL of cell suspension into the first sterility sample vial(added to retained sample from Step 4)

Fill the product vials at 1.2 mL per vial

Fill 0.1 mL of cell suspension into the second sterility sample vial(added to retained sample from Step 4)

Fill the QC vial at ≤1.8 mL per vial

Submit the sterility and QC vials for testing.

Step 7: Store DP Vials for Release and Shipment

Hold the DP vials at 5±3° C. for release and shipment to the clinicalsite.

Description of the In-Process Controls

Environmental Controls

All cell culture manipulations are carried out in a certified ISO 5Biological Safety Cabinets (BSCs) within an ISO7 environmentalbackground using aseptic techniques. The final Drug Product 2 mLcryovial containers are purchased pre-sterilized from Corning. Theoperators performing the final fill are qualified for aseptic filloperations.

In-Process Controls and Testing

The process controls and testing performed for release of FCX-007 DrugProduct are described below.

Step 1

The correct FCX-007 Drug Substance lot is verified by QA before use inFCX-007 DP manufacture.

Step 2

The temperature of the ThermoMixer® used to thaw FCX-007 Drug Substancevials is controlled at 37° C. The content of each vial is thawed until asliver of ice still remains in the vial to prevent overheating.

Step 3

The PBS wash volume is controlled at ≥5 volumes of the FCX-007 DS cellpool to ensure adequate washing of the cells. The centrifugationconditions are controlled at 1000 rpm, 10 minutes and 5±3° C. to ensuresufficient cell pelleting.

Step 4

Similarly to the PBS wash step, the DMEM wash volume is controlled at ≥5volumes of the FCX-007 DS cell pool to ensure adequate washing of thecells. The centrifugation conditions are controlled at 1000 rpm, 10minutes and 5±3° C. to ensure sufficient cell pelleting. Two 900 μLaliquots of DMEM wash supernatant are taken for use in sterility testingof the final product.

Step 5 and 5(a) (if needed)

The re-suspended cell concentration is controlled at 1.0-3.0×10⁷cells/mL, and viability≥70%.

Step 6

Fill volume of the FCX-007 DP vials is controlled at 1.2 mL fill pervial. A final cell count and viability measurement, as well as Gramstain is performed on the filled QC vial. The two sterility vials aresubmitted for sterility testing. The results of this sterility test arenot received until after Drug Product release, so release of DP is doneon the basis of a negative Gram Stain. The use of a rapid microbial testin this situation is indicated in Guidance for FDA Reviewers andSponsors “Content and Review of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control(CMC) Information for Human Somatic Cell Therapy Investigation New DrugApplications (INDs)” of April 2008.

ii. Control of Materials

The FCX-007 Drug Product manufacturing process utilizes single use,disposable products that will come in contact with raw materials (e.g.pipets, centrifuge tubes, and cryovials) to remove cleaning andcarryover issues from consideration. Raw materials selected for use inthe manufacturing process are acceptable for pharmaceutical processingas being USP VI compliant. All disposable items are purchasedpre-sterilized by gamma irradiation. The PBS and DMEM wash buffers arepurchased sterile from commercial suppliers. Steps in the process havethe appropriate process parameters identified, such as time andtemperature.

Example 9—In Vitro Characterization of Optimized GM-HDF

This example describes characterization of GM-HDFs generated using anenhanced LV transduction procedure the LV-COLT construct INXN-2004.Three training runs (TR11, TR12.1, and TR13) were executed to generatecells for the analyses at GMP-scale. TR11 was transduced with theLV-COLT vector INXN-2002 and was used to evaluate acentrifugation-enhanced (spinoculation) LV transduction procedure withand without a second transduction step (super-transduction). TR12.1 andTR13 were transduced with the LV-COLT vector INXN-2004 utilizingenhanced transduction procedures as determined through evaluation ofTR11.

GM-HDFs from each training run were characterized using assays to assessresults such as copy number of integrated LV-COLT, protein expression ofC7, and functionality of the C7 expressed by GM-HDFs.

LV integration and C7 expression levels increased first with theaddition of the super-transduction step and increased further with useof the LV-COLT INXN-2004. C7 expressed from GM-HDFs from all threetraining runs assembled into the trimeric form and bound to Laminin332,which is important in the formation of anchoring fibrils. Expression ofC7 by the GM-HDFs was able to reverse hypermotility observed in RDEBfibroblasts. GM-HDFs from TR12.1 and 13 were selected to be used in invivo GLP toxicology studies.

Objectives in this study were to (a) demonstrate improvement in copynumber of integrated LV and expression of C7 resulting from 1) anenhanced transduction procedure incorporated into the at-scale GMPproduction method and 2) adoption of the INXN-2004 LV-COLT construct and(b) to confirm the functionality of C7 expressed by the GM-HDFs

1. Study Materials 1.1. Test Article(s)

GM-HDFs from Training Runs (TR) 11, 12.1, and 13 were characterized.

TABLE 44 General production information for TR11, TR12.1, and TR13LV-COL7 MOI Super- Produc- and TU (IU/ trans- Production tion Run titerArm cell) duction Scale TR11 INXN-2002 A 0.77 Yes 2 x 10-layer (GMP) B0.77 No CellSTACKs ® 1.2 × 10⁵ Control¹ 0 n/a IU/mL TR12.1 INXN-2004 A0.12 Yes 2 x 10-layer (GMP) CellSTACKs ® 1.4 × 10⁵ B 0.12 No T-175²IU/mL TR13 INXN-2004 A 0.12 Yes 2 x 10-layer (GMP) CellSTACKs ® 1.4 ×10⁵ B 0.12 No T-175² IU/mL ¹Control arm cells were mock-transduced ²ArmB of TR12.1 and TR13 were for research only. Passaging of these armsterminated early and, thus, did not complete the full-scale productionprocess.

1.2. Primer and Probe Sequences

TABLE 45 Primer and Probe Sequences used for qPCR Assays Name Sequence¹Assay PR13843 forward² ACCTGAAAGCGAAAGGGAAAC (SEQ ID LV-COL7 copy numberNO: 31) PR13843 reverse² CACCCATCTCTCTCCTTCTAGCC (SEQ IDLV-COL7 copy number NO: 32) PR13843 probe² 6-FAM- LV-COL7 copy numberAGCTCTCTCGACGCAGGACTCGGC-3′IB FQ (SEQ ID NO: 33) ¹Primers/probespurchased from IDT. ²LV-specific primer/probe sequences derived fromGreenberg et al. (2006).

2. Experimental Procedures 2.1. LV-COL7 Copy Number

Nucleic acid isolation was performed using Qiagen's AllPrep kitaccording to the manufacturer's instructions. gDNA was isolated from6.7×10⁵ GM-HDF cells, and 8 μL of gDNA was used in a 20 μL assay (10 μLTaqman® Gene Express, 1.8 μL nuclease-free water, 0.06 μL of 100 μMforward primer, 0.06 μL of 100 μM reverse primer, 0.04 μL of 100 μMTaqman® probe). A standard curve of serially diluted linearized LV-COL7lentiviral shuttle vector (1e6 copies/reaction to 5 copies/reaction),plus 4 μL of human gDNA (1.5e4 cells/reaction) were also assayed in the20 μL assay mentioned above. The Taqman® assay used was PR13843. 8 μL ofan additional standard curve of commercial human gDNA (Clontech) (1.5e4cells/reaction to 2e2 cells/reaction) in a 20 μL assay (10 μL Taqman®Gene Express, 1.0 L nuclease-free water, 1 μL of 20×ACTB primer/probeset) was also performed. All samples were run in triplicate on anABI7900HT using the following cycling parameters: 2 minutes at 50° C.,10 minutes at 95° C., and 40 cycles of 15 sec at 95° C. and 1 minute at60° C.

2.2. C7 Immunofluorescence

For immunofluorescence analyses, 1.2×10⁴ GM-HDFs were allowed to attachto PDL/Lamin-coated coverslips in 24-well plates overnight and thenfixed and permeabilized with a 50%/50% mix of methanol/acetone. Thecoverslips were washed 3 times with 1×PBS and then blocked with 10% goatserum in PBS for 30 minutes at room temperature. After three additionalwashes with PBS, the coverslips were incubated with 1.25 μg/mL of apolyclonal fNC1 antibody (α-fNC1) in 1% goat serum/PBS, followed by 3additional washes with PBS and incubation with 5 μg/mL Alexa Fluor®555-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG in 1% goat serum/PBS for 1 hour atroom temperature. Coverslips were stained with NucBlue® Live Cell StainReady Probes Reagent before being mounted onto slides. Images wereacquired on a Zeiss Axio Observer microscope at 20× magnification usingan exposure time of 290 ms. NHDFs or GM-HDFs were fixed, permeabilized,and stained with NucBlue® Live Cell Stain to visualize nuclei (blue) orwith the fNC1 antibody and Alexa Fluor® 555-congugated goat anti-rabbitIgG (5 μg/mL) to visualize C7 expression (red). Images were acquired at20× and at 5× magnification using an exposure time of 290 ms.

2.3. C7 Flow Cytometry

GM-HDFs (˜500,000 cells) were collected into each well of a 96-wellplate V-bottom plate, concentrated by centrifugation (1500 rpm, 5 min,room temp.), and the culture media supernatants removed. The cells werethen resuspended in 200 μL of CytoFix, transferred to a 96-well V-bottomplate, and incubated for 30 min at 4° C. Following fixation, thefixative is then removed by centrifugation (1500 rpm, 5 min, 4° C.) andthe cells permeabilized with 200 μL ice-cold 100% methanol for 30 min onice. Cells were then held at −20° C. prior to staining procedure. Forstaining, permeabilized cells were washed twice with 200 μL incubationbuffer (0.5 g BSA in 100 mL PBS), with centrifugation (300 rpm, 5 min,room temp.) in between washes to remove the buffer. Washed cells wereresuspended in 100 μL of incubation buffer containing α-fNC1 diluted1:400 and incubated for 1 hour at room temp. Cells were then washedtwice as described above and resuspended in 100 μL of incubation buffercontaining AlexaFluor 555-Rabbit IgG secondary antibody diluted 1:2000and incubated for 30 min at room temp. Cells were then washed twice asdescribed above and resuspended in 100 μL of PBS. C7-expressing cellswere enumerated by flow cytometry using BD LSRII and BD FACSDivaSoftware (V6.2) with the following parameters: FSC Voltage=484, SSCVoltage=209, PE=500.

2.4. C7 Protein ELISA

Briefly, a standard curve of purified His-NC1 fragment (9.8-625 ng/mL)or collected supernatants containing C7 protein (from GM-HDF in culturefor three to five days) were immobilized to a Nunc MaxiSorp® 96-wellplate overnight at 4° C. Standards and samples were tested in the samesample matrix (10% RDEB fibroblast conditioned media). Coated wells werewashed with PBST and blocked with 3% BSA/PBS for 1 hour at 37° C.Detection was accomplished using α-fNC1 Ab (0.5 μg/mL) followed byincubation with secondary antibody donkey anti-rabbit IgG HRP (JacksonImmunoResearch, 0.08 μg/mL). Bound antibodies were detected viacolorimetric development with TMB substrate solution. Followingquenching of the reaction, absorbance was measured at 450 nm on theSpectraMax® Plus 384 (Molecular Devices).

2.5. Immunoprecipitation of C7 Trimers

First, magnetic Protein G beads were washed with 1×PBS-T. Beads werebound to the magnet for a minimum of 2 minutes prior to removal ofsupernatant and in all subsequent steps. Following the washes, the beadswere coated with 5 μg of α-fNC1 and incubated for 10 minutes withrotation (Glas-Col, setting 30-14 rpm at room temperature). Beads werebound to the magnet to remove the supernatant and washed with Abbinding/Wash buffer. Supernatants were collected from GM-HDFs in culturefor three to five days. C7 containing supernatant was added to thebead/C7 supernatant mix and was incubated overnight at 4° C. withrotation (setting 30-14 rpm). The next day the beads were bound to themagnet and washed three times using Wash buffer. Target antigen waseluted in 20 μL of elution buffer (50 mM glycine, pH 2.8, and 10 μL of4× Loading Dye). The samples were denatured at 70° C. for 10 minutes. 12μL of a total of 30 μL (remaining sample was stored at 4° C.) were thenloaded (per well) into a 12 well 3-8% Tris Acetate gel and run for 4hours at 150 volts. The gel was removed from the cassette and soaked inTransfer Buffer containing 10% methanol for 20 minutes. Overnight wettransfer of the gel to a nitrocellulose membrane was performed at 15volts at 4° C. The next day, the voltage was increased to 50 volts for30 min on ice. Upon completion of transfer, the blot was blocked using5% milk in TBS-T with agitation (Labnet ProBlot™ Rocker 25, setting 60rpm) for 2 hours at room temperature and incubated with commerciallyavailable anti-C7 LH7.2 (0.25 μg/mL) with agitation for 2 hours at roomtemperature. The blot was washed 3 times with 1×TBS-T (5 min each) withagitation before being probed with HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG(0.1 μg/mL) with agitation for 1 hour at room temperature. The blot wasdeveloped using Lumiglo Ultra™ Chemiluminescent substrate and FujifilmLAS 3000 Imaging System.

2.6. Lam332 Binding

96-well MaxiSorp™ plates were coated with 1 μg Lam332 or BSA in 100 mMcarbonate buffer, pH 9.3 overnight at 4° C. The plates were rinsed fivetimes with PBS-T, and then blocked with 1% BSA in PBS-T at roomtemperature for 1 hour. Coated wells were rinsed five times with PBS-Tand incubated with supernatants from transduced cells overnight at 4° C.Following three more washes with PBS-T, bound C7 was incubated with theα-fNC1 (0.5 μg/mL, PBS-T) at room temperature for 3 hours, followed byincubation with HRP-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG (0.8 μg/mL finalconcentration in PBS-T) at room temperature for 2 hrs. Detection of theC7-bound antibodies was via a colorimetric reaction using TMB andmeasured by reading the absorbance of the product at 450 nm on aSpectraMax® Plus 384 plate reader (Molecular Devices). All incubationswere carried out on an orbital shaker (GeneMate) at a speed setting of2.

2.7. Cell Migration Assay

CytoSelect™ 24-well wound-healing assay kit from Cell Biolabs, Inc. wasused for the cell migration assay. GM-HDFs (0.8×10⁵) were seeded in thepresence of a wound insert in 24-well plates and grown for 48 hours. Thewound insert was then removed and the cells were further cultured inreduced (1%) serum media containing 15 μg/mL type I collagen (COL1) for8 hours. Brightfield images of the wounds were acquired 0, 2, 4, 6, and8 hours after removal of the wound insert using the Celigo® ImagingCytometry System (Cyntellect). The surface area of the wound at eachtime point was measured using ImageJ (National Institutes of Health).The data is reported as the percentage of migration (% Migration)covering the wound area.

3. Data Analysis

qPCR was performed using an ABI 7900 instrument utilizing SDS2.3software. The experimental data were viewed and exported in SDS 2.4software. FlowJo V10 software was used to analyze Flow Cytometry data.ImagJ software was used to quantitate percent cell migration for theassay described in Section 2.7. ImageJ is an open source imageprocessing program developed by the Nation Institute of Health anddesigned for scientific multidimensional images.

4. Results 4.1. Characterization of C7 Expression

The overall objectives of this evaluation were to increase copy numberand protein expression through a comparison of transduction methods andLV vectors. Specific objectives were to:

-   -   1. Evaluate the effect of super-transduction on integrated copy        number    -   2. Evaluate the effect of spinoculation on integrated copy        number    -   3. Compare copy number values between INXN-2002 and INXN-2004        under super-transduced and spinoculated conditions.

Two GMP lots of LV-COLT constructs were used for these studies: theINXN-2002 and the construct INXN-2004 as described in this Example.

4.1.1. LV-COLT Copy Number

GM-HDF training run cells were obtained and copy number was determinedas described above in Section 2.1. Table 46 below provides the copynumber/cell from Training Runs utilizing the new transduction methods.Initial optimization implemented the addition of centrifugation duringthe transduction step (“spinoculation”). Standard transduction had beenused previously with INXN-2002 and resulted in integrated copy numbersranging from 0.013 to 0.025. Addition of only the spinoculation step fortransduction with INXN-2002 resulted in a ≥2-fold increase in theintegrated copy number to 0.05 per cell (TR11 Arm B, Table 46) comparedto TR8 results from previous studies.

To further enhance the integrated copy number, a second transduction(“super-transduction”) was added to the GM-HDF production process.Addition of super-transduction, also utilizing spinoculation, furtherincreased integrated copy numbers of INXN-2002 by approximately 2-fold(TR11 Arm A, Table 46).

Small-scale research studies (not shown) demonstrated asecond-generation INXN-2004 LV-COLT construct, which utilizes analternative 3^(rd)-generation self-inactivating LV backbone, had thepotential to achieve higher integrated copy numbers, resulting in higherexpression levels, while utilizing a lower multiplicity of infection(MOI) than used for INXN-2002. When used at GMP-scale with the optimizedtransduction procedure (spinoculations with super-transduction),INXN-2004 had further improved integrated LV copy numbers ofapproximately 4- to 8-fold over the INXN-2002 construct to achieveaverage copy numbers of 0.41 to 0.74 (TR12.1 and TR13, respectively,Table 46).

Of note, Arms B of TR12.1 and TR13 were not tested for copy numbers asthey were not passaged through the entire production process (Table 44).Accurate copy number assessments require cells that have been passagedseveral times following transduction to ensure that episomal copies ofLV, which can artificially inflate measured copy numbers, no longerremain.

TABLE 46 LV-COL7 Copy Number in GM-HDF Production Run Cells MOI Super-Production LV-COL7 (IU/ trans- Gene Copy Run Used Arm cell) duction¹ perCell TR8² INXN-2002 A 3.4 No 0.021 ± 0.005 (pilot) TR11 INXN-2002 A 0.77Yes 0.09 ± 0.03 (GMP) B 0.77 No 0.05 ± 0.01 Control³ n/a No BLQ⁴ TR12.1⁵INXN-2004 A 0.12 Yes 0.41 ± 0.19 (GMP) TR13⁵ INXN-2004 A 0.12 Yes 0.74 ±0.10 (GMP) ¹Only indicated arms were super-transduced; all TR11, TR12.1,and TR13 arms were spinoculated ²TR8 Arm A data is presented as acomparator for previous results presented in RDEB-ADSO-2 ³Control armwas mock-transduced and was not exposed to LV-COL7 ⁴BLQ: below lowerlimit of quantitation ⁵Arm B for both TR12.1 and TR13 was not carriedthrough the full production process and not tested for LV-COL7 copynumbers

4.1.2. C7 Protein Expression

Indirect immunofluorescence (IF) was used to examine C7 proteinexpression by GM-HDF cells using an antibody specific for the C7. TR11Arms A & B, and only Arm A of TR12.1 and TR13 were analyzed by IF.Normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) were used as a positive controland the control arm of TR11 was used as a negative control.Representative images at two magnifications, 20× and 5× are shown belowin FIG. 31. Also included as a comparator for the original process areIF images of cells from TR8 Arm A which had integrated LV-COLT copynumbers of 0.015 per cell. Consistent with the copy number of integratedLV presented in Table 46 above, only a small number of TR11 GM-HDFs werevisualized with C7 antibodies, though still greater than the number ofC7-positive cells from TR8. Furthermore, the higher copy numbersmeasured from TR12.1 and TR13 GM-HDFs correlate to higher numbers ofcells positive for C7 detection. Of note, the signal from the GM-HDFsthat are C7-positive is brighter than the signal from NHDFs, suggestinggreater amounts of C7 produced by GM-HDFs per cell.

The specific number of cells expressing C7 was then quantified using aflow cytometry assay. As described in Section 2.3, this assay utilizedan NC1 region-specific polyclonal antibody. For this experiment, Arm Bcells from TR12.1 and TR13 were included to compare the singletransduction procedure (Arm B) with the super-transduction procedure(Arm A) using second-generation LV-COLT construct (INXN-2004). As shownin FIG. 32 below, the percentage of C7-positive (C7+) cells for eachtraining run arm is consistent with the qualitative number of cellsexpressing C7 as detected by IF (FIG. 32), and correlates to themeasured copy number (Table 46). Comparison of C7+ cells between Arm Aand Arm B for TR12.1 and TR13 confirms the near doubling of expressionlevels that would be predicted by the addition of a second transduction.

A direct ELISA was used to measure C7 secreted by GM-HDFs into the cellculture media. This assay, as described in Section 2.4, also utilizedthe NC1 region-specific polyclonal antibody. ELISA assay results of theGM-HDFs from the three training runs show that C7 expression isdependent on the level of integrated LV copy numbers with expressionlevels reaching approximately 2300 ng/day/1 e6 cells (FIG. 33). Comparedto TR8 Arm A as a representative result from previous studies(RDEB-ADSO-2), this represents a ≥200-fold increase in C7 expression(FIG. 33).

4.2. Functional Assessment of C7 Expressed by GM-HDFs 4.2.1. Formationof C7 Trimers

The formation of C7 trimers is essential in the assembly of anchoringfibrils (Bruckner-Tuderman, 1999). To verify that the C7 expressed byGM-HDFs will be capable of forming anchoring fibrils, GM-HDFs wereassessed for the formation of C7 trimers using immunoprecipitation (IP)with an anti-C7 specific antibody (fNC1) for selective capture, thenconcentration of C7 from culture supernatants for detection bySDS-PAGE/immunoblot. Purified recombinant C7 was used as a positivecontrol and the capture step without C7-specific antibody was used as anegative control. IP results for the three training runs showed that theC7 produced by the GM-HDFs was predominantly trimeric (FIG. 34) withsome lower molecular weight species showing immunoreactivity present,likely the dimeric and monomeric forms of C7.

4.2.2. Lam332 Binding by C7 Expressed from GM-HDFs

C7 has been shown to bind immobilized extracellular matrix (ECM)components, including fibronectin, Laminin 332 (Lam332), COL1, and COL4(Chen, et al., 2002a). The interaction between C7 and Lam332 occursthrough the NH2-terminal NC1 domain of C7 and is dependent upon thenative conformation of both Lam332 and C7 NC1 (Rousselle, et al., 1997).The association between C7 and Lam332 is important for establishingcorrect Lam332 architecture at the dermal-epidermal junction. Suchorganization is critical for interactions with extracellular ligands andcell surface receptors, and for cell signaling (Waterman, et al., 2007).Intrexon developed an ELISA using an antibody against the C7 NC1 domainto detect binding of C7 to purified Lam332. Results from twoexperiments, presented in FIG. 35, show copy number-dependent binding toLam332 by C7 expressed by GM-HDFs from the three Training runs. TR11Control cells were used as a negative control in both experiments.

4.2.3. Cell Migration Assay

Previous studies have shown that RDEB fibroblasts and keratinocytes showan increase in motility relative to their normal counterparts, and thatnormal motility can be restored by expression of C7 (Chen, et al., 2000;Chen, et al., 2002b; Cogan, et al. 2014; Baldeschi et al., 2003). Mostof these studies employed either the colloidal gold salt migration assayto measure the migration of fibroblasts and keratinocytes, or awound-healing assay to measure the migration of keratinocytes. In thisExample a CytoSelect™ 24-well wound-healing assay kit (Cell Biolabs,Inc.) was used to measure the motility of NHDFs and GM-HDFs.

To determine whether the presence of C7 in the culture media issufficient to reverse the RDEB hyper-motility phenotype, the woundhealing assay was carried out on GM-HDFs from the three training runs,with NHDFs as a positive control and the mock-transduced Control (RDEB)arms as the negative control. Control fibroblasts from TR11 Arm C (RDEB)exhibited a hyper-motility phenotype that is reversed by the expressionof C7 (FIG. 36). Interestingly, the levels of phenotype reversal was notdependent upon the integrated copy number/C7 expression levels,suggesting that even low levels of C7 expression are enough to reversethe hyper-motility phenotype.

5. Conclusions

The integrated transgene copy number per cell in GM-HDFs was improved byboth the addition of enhanced transduction methods (spinoculation andsuper-transduction) and a change to the LV-COLT construct INXN-2004,with levels as high as 0.74 copies per cell achieved. Thefold-improvements achieved with each process change are as follows:

-   -   The addition of spinoculation: ≥2-fold    -   The addition of super-transduction (with spinoculation): ˜2-fold    -   The change from INXN-2002 to INXN-2004: >4-fold    -   The total cumulative change from original process: average of        >27-fold

(TR12.1 and TR13 compared to TR8 used in original studies)

Integrated copy number-dependent C7 expression from the GM-HDF cells wasconfirmed by immunofluorescence staining, flow cytometry, and ELISA.A >200-fold improvement in C7 expression was achieved relative to TR8results presented in IND submission 16582 Serial 0000.

The structure of the C7 expressed by the GM-HDF cells was confirmed tobe predominantly trimeric by immunoprecipitation/SDS-PAGE/immunoblotanalysis.

In addition, the C7 produced from the GM-HDF cells was confirmed to befunctional with binding to Laminin332 in vitro and by correction of thehypermotility phenotype of control RDEB cells in an in vitro migrationassay.

APPENDIX 4 COL7A1ATGACGCTGCGGCTTCTGGTGGCCGCGCTCTGCGCCGGGATCCTGGCAGAGGCGCCCCGA 60 GenbankATGACGCTGCGGCTTCTGGTGGCCGCGCTCTGCGCCGGGATCCTGGCAGAGGCGCCCCGA 60************************************************************ COL7A1GTGCGAGCCCAGCACAGGGAGAGAGTGACCTGCACGCGCCTTTACGCCGCTGACATTGTG 120 GenbankGTGCGAGCCCAGCACAGGGAGAGAGTGACCTGCACGCGCCTTTACGCCGCTGACATTGTG 120************************************************************ COL7A1TTCTTACTGGATGGCTCCTCATCCATTGGCCGCAGCAATTTCCGCGAGGTCCGCAGCTTT 180 GenbankTTCTTACTGGATGGCTCCTCATCCATTGGCCGCAGCAATTTCCGCGAGGTCCGCAGCTTT 180************************************************************ COL7A1CTCGAAGGGCTGGTGCTGCCTTTCTCTGGAGCAGCCAGTGCACAGGGTGTGCGCTTTGCC 240 GenbankCTCGAAGGGCTGGTGCTGCCTTTCTCTGGAGCAGCCAGTGCACAGGGTGTGCGCTTTGCC 240************************************************************ COL7A1ACAGTGCAGTACAGCGATGACCCACGGACAGAGTTCGGCCTGGATGCACTTGGCTCTGGG 300 GenbankACAGTGCAGTACAGCGATGACCCACGGACAGAGTTCGGCCTGGATGCACTTGGCTCTGGG 300************************************************************ COL7A1GGTGATGTGATCCGCGCCATCCGTGAGCTTAGCTACAAGGGGGGCAACACTCGCACAGGG 360 GenbankGGTGATGTGATCCGCGCCATCCGTGAGCTTAGCTACAAGGGGGGCAACACTCGCACAGGG 360************************************************************ COL7A1GCTGCAATTCTCCATGTGGCTGACCATGTCTTCCTGCCCCAGCTGGCCCGACCTGGTGTC 420 GenbankGCTGCAATTCTCCATGTGGCTGACCATGTCTTCCTGCCCCAGCTGGCCCGACCTGGTGTC 420************************************************************ COL7A1CCCAAGGTCTGCATCCTGATCACAGACGGGAAGTCCCAGGACCTGGTGGACACAGCTGCC 480 GenbankCCCAAGGTCTGCATCCTGATCACAGACGGGAAGTCCCAGGACCTGGTGGACACAGCTGCC 480************************************************************ COL7A1CAAAGGCTGAAGGGGCAGGGGGTCAAGCTATTTGCTGTGGGGATCAAGAATGCTGACCCT 540 GenbankCAAAGGCTGAAGGGGCAGGGGGTCAAGCTATTTGCTGTGGGGATCAAGAATGCTGACCCT 540************************************************************ COL7A1GAGGAGCTGAAGCGAGTTGCCTCACAGCCCACCAGTGACTTCTTCTTCTTCGTCAATGAC 600 GenbankGAGGAGCTGAAGCGAGTTGCCTCACAGCCCACCAGTGACTTCTTCTTCTTCGTCAATGAC 600************************************************************ COL7A1TTCAGCATCTTGAGGACACTACTGCCCCTCGTTTCCCGGAGAGTGTGCACGACTGCTGGT 660 GenbankTTCAGCATCTTGAGGACACTACTGCCCCTCGTTTCCCGGAGAGTGTGCACGACTGCTGGT 660************************************************************ COL7A1GGCGTGCCTGTGACCCGACCTCCGGATGACTCGACCTCTGCTCCACGAGACCTGGTGCTG 720 GenbankGGCGTGCCTGTGACCCGACCTCCGGATGACTCGACCTCTGCTCCACGAGACCTGGTGCTG 720************************************************************ COL7A1TCTGAGCCAAGCAGCCAATCCTTGAGAGTACAGTGGACAGCGGCCAGTGGCCCTGTGACT 780 GenbankTCTGAGCCAAGCAGCCAATCCTTGAGAGTACAGTGGACAGCGGCCAGTGGCCCTGTGACT 780************************************************************ COL7A1GGCTACAAGGTCCAGTACACTCCTCTGACGGGGCTGGGACAGCCACTGCCGAGTGAGCGG 840 GenbankGGCTACAAGGTCCAGTACACTCCTCTGACGGGGCTGGGACAGCCACTGCCGAGTGAGCGG 840************************************************************ COL7A1CAGGAGGTGAACGTCCCAGCTGGTGAGACCAGTGTGCGGCTGCGGGGTCTCCGGCCACTG 900 GenbankCAGGAGGTGAACGTCCCAGCTGGTGAGACCAGTGTGCGGCTGCGGGGTCTCCGGCCACTG 900************************************************************ COL7A1ACCGAGTACCAAGTGACTGTGATTGCCCTCTACGCCAACAGCATCGGGGAGGCTGTGAGC 960 GenbankACCGAGTACCAAGTGACTGTGATTGCCCTCTACGCCAACAGCATCGGGGAGGCTGTGAGC 960************************************************************ COL7A1GGGACAGCTCGGACCACTGCCCTAGAAGGGCCGGAACTGACCATCCAGAATACCACAGCC 1020Genbank GGGACAGCTCGGACCACTGCCCTAGAAGGGCCGGAACTGACCATCCAGAATACCACAGCC1020 ************************************************************ COL7A1CACAGCCTCCTGGTGGCCTGGCGGAGTGTGCCAGGTGCCACTGGCTACCGTGTGACATGG 1080Genbank CACAGCCTCCTGGTGGCCTGGCGGAGTGTGCCAGGTGCCACTGGCTACCGTGTGACATGG1080 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGGGTCCTCAGTGGTGGGCCCACACAGCAGCAGGAGCTGGGCCCTGGGCAGGGTTCAGTG 1140Genbank CGGGTCCTCAGTGGTGGGCCCACACAGCAGCAGGAGCTGGGCCCTGGGCAGGGTTCAGTG1140 ************************************************************ COL7A1TTGCTGCGTGACTTGGAGCCTGGCACGGACTATGAGGTGACCGTGAGCACCCTATTTGGC 1200Genbank TTGCTGCGTGACTTGGAGCCTGGCACGGACTATGAGGTGACCGTGAGCACCCTATTTGGC1200 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGCAGTGTGGGGCCCGCCACTTCCCTGATGGCTCGCACTGACGCTTCTGTTGAGCAGACC 1260Genbank CGCAGTGTGGGGCCCGCCACTTCCCTGATGGCTCGCACTGACGCTTCTGTTGAGCAGACC1260 ************************************************************ COL7A1CTGCGCCCGGTCATCCTGGGCCCCACATCCATCCTCCTTTCCTGGAACTTGGTGCCTGAG 1320Genbank CTGCGCCCGGTCATCCTGGGCCCCACATCCATCCTCCTTTCCTGGAACTTGGTGCCTGAG1320 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCCCGTGGCTACCGGTTGGAATGGCGGCGTGAGACTGGCTTGGAGCCACCGCAGAAGGTG 1380Genbank GCCCGTGGCTACCGGTTGGAATGGCGGCGTGAGACTGGCTTGGAGCCACCGCAGAAGGTG1380 ************************************************************ COL7A1GTACTGCCCTCTGATGTGACCCGCTACCAGTTGGATGGGCTGCAGCCGGGCACTGAGTAC 1440Genbank GTACTGCCCTCTGATGTGACCCGCTACCAGTTGGATGGGCTGCAGCCGGGCACTGAGTAC1440 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGCCTCACACTCTACACTCTGCTGGAGGGCCACGAGGTGGCCACCCCTGCAACCGTGGTT 1500Genbank CGCCTCACACTCTACACTCTGCTGGAGGGCCACGAGGTGGCCACCCCTGCAACCGTGGTT1500 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCACTGGACCAGAGCTGCCTGTGAGCCCTGTAACAGACCTGCAAGCCACCGAGCTGCCC 1560Genbank CCCACTGGACCAGAGCTGCCTGTGAGCCCTGTAACAGACCTGCAAGCCACCGAGCTGCCC1560 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGGCAGCGGGTGCGAGTGTCCTGGAGCCCAGTCCCTGGTGCCACCCAGTACCGCATCATT 1620Genbank GGGCAGCGGGTGCGAGTGTCCTGGAGCCCAGTCCCTGGTGCCACCCAGTACCGCATCATT1620 ************************************************************ COL7A1GTGCGCAGCACCCAGGGGGTTGAGCGGACCCTGGTGCTTCCTGGGAGTCAGACAGCATTC 1680Genbank GTGCGCAGCACCCAGGGGGTTGAGCGGACCCTGGTGCTTCCTGGGAGTCAGACAGCATTC1680 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACTTGGATGACGTTCAGGCTGGGCTTAGCTACACTGTGCGGGTGTCTGCTCGAGTGGGT 1740Genbank GACTTGGATGACGTTCAGGCTGGGCTTAGCTACACTGTGCGGGTGTCTGCTCGAGTGGGT1740 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCCGTGAGGGCAGTGCCAGTGTCCTCACTGTCCGCCGGGAGCCGGAAACTCCACTTGCT 1800Genbank CCCCGTGAGGGCAGTGCCAGTGTCCTCACTGTCCGCCGGGAGCCGGAAACTCCACTTGCT1800 ************************************************************ COL7A1GTTCCAGGGCTGCGGGTTGTGGTGTCAGATGCAACGCGAGTGAGGGTGGCCTGGGGACCC 1860Genbank GTTCCAGGGCTGCGGGTTGTGGTGTCAGATGCAACGCGAGTGAGGGTGGCCTGGGGACCC1860 ************************************************************ COL7A1GTCCCTGGAGCCAGTGGATTTCGGATTAGCTGGAGCACAGGCAGTGGTCCGGAGTCCAGC 1920Genbank GTCCCTGGAGCCAGTGGATTTCGGATTAGCTGGAGCACAGGCAGTGGTCCGGAGTCCAGC1920 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAGACACTGCCCCCAGACTCTACTGCCACAGACATCACAGGGCTGCAGCCTGGAACCACC 1980Genbank CAGACACTGCCCCCAGACTCTACTGCCACAGACATCACAGGGCTGCAGCCTGGAACCACC1980 ************************************************************ COL7A1TACCAGGTGGCTGTGTCGGTACTGCGAGGCAGAGAGGAGGGCCCTGCTGCAGTCATCGTG 2040Genbank TACCAGGTGGCTGTGTCGGTACTGCGAGGCAGAGAGGAGGGCCCTGCTGCAGTCATCGTG2040 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTCGAACGGACCCACTGGGCCCAGTGAGGACGGTCCATGTGACTCAGGCCAGCAGCTCA 2100Genbank GCTCGAACGGACCCACTGGGCCCAGTGAGGACGGTCCATGTGACTCAGGCCAGCAGCTCA2100 ************************************************************ COL7A1TCTGTCACCATTACCTGGACCAGGGTTCCTGGCGCCACAGGATACAGGGTTTCCTGGCAC 2160Genbank TCTGTCACCATTACCTGGACCAGGGTTCCTGGCGCCACAGGATACAGGGTTTCCTGGCAC2160 ************************************************************ COL7A1TCAGCCCACGGCCCAGAGAAATCCCAGTTGGTTTCTGGGGAGGCCACGGTGGCTGAGCTG 2220Genbank TCAGCCCACGGCCCAGAGAAATCCCAGTTGGTTTCTGGGGAGGCCACGGTGGCTGAGCTG2220 ************************************************************ COL7A1GATGGACTGGAGCCAGATACTGAGTATACGGTGCATGTGAGGGCCCATGTGGCTGGCGTG 2280Genbank GATGGACTGGAGCCAGATACTGAGTATACGGTGCATGTGAGGGCCCATGTGGCTGGCGTG2280 ************************************************************ COL7A1GATGGGCCCCCTGCCTCTGTGGTTGTGAGGACTGCCCCTGAGCCTGTGGGTCGTGTGTCG 2340Genbank GATGGGCCCCCTGCCTCTGTGGTTGTGAGGACTGCCCCTGAGCCTGTGGGTCGTGTGTCG2340 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGGCTGCAGATCCTCAATGCTTCCAGCGACGTTCTACGGATCACCTGGGTAGGGGTCACT 2400Genbank AGGCTGCAGATCCTCAATGCTTCCAGCGACGTTCTACGGATCACCTGGGTAGGGGTCACT2400 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGCCACAGCTTACAGACTGGCCTGGGGCCGGAGTGAAGGCGGCCCCATGAGGCACCAG 2460Genbank GGAGCCACAGCTTACAGACTGGCCTGGGGCCGGAGTGAAGGCGGCCCCATGAGGCACCAG2460 ************************************************************ COL7A1ATACTCCCAGGAAACACAGACTCTGCAGAGATCCGGGGTCTCGPAGGTGGAGTCAGCTAC 2520Genbank ATACTCCCAGGAAACACAGACTCTGCAGAGATCCGGGGTCTCGAAGGTGGAGTCAGCTAC2520 ************************************************************ COL7A1TCAGTGCGAGTGACTGCACTTGTCGGGGACCGCGAGGGCACACCTGTCTCCATTGTTGTC 2580Genbank TCAGTGCGAGTGACTGCACTTGTCGGGGACCGCGAGGGCACACCTGTCTCCATTGTTGTC2580 ************************************************************ COL7A1ACTACGCCGCCTGAGGCTCCGCCAGCCCTGGGGACGCTTCACGTGGTGCAGCGCGGGGAG 2640Genbank ACTACGCCGCCTGAGGCTCCGCCAGCCCTGGGGACGCTTCACGTGGTGCAGCGCGGGGAG2640 ************************************************************ COL7A1CACTCGCTGAGGCTGCGCTGGGAGCCGGTGCCCAGAGCGCAGGGCTTCCTTCTGCACTGG 2700Genbank CACTCGCTGAGGCTGCGCTGGGAGCCGGTGCCCAGAGCGCAGGGCTTCCTTCTGCACTGG2700 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAACCTGAGGGTGGCCAGGAACAGTCCCGGGTCCTGGGGCCCGAGCTCAGCAGCTATCAC 2760Genbank CAACCTGAGGGTGGCCAGGAACAGTCCCGGGTCCTGGGGCCCGAGCTCAGCAGCTATCAC2760 ************************************************************ COL7A1Genbank

2820 2820 COL7A1GGAGAAGGGCCCTCTGCAGAGGTGACTGCGCGCACTGAGTCACCTCGTGTTCCAAGCATT 2880Genbank GGAGAAGGGCCCTCTGCAGAGGTGACTGCGCGCACTGAGTCACCTCGTGTTCCAAGCATT2880 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAACTACGTGTGGTGGACACCTCGATCGACTCGGTGACTTTGGCCTGGACTCCAGTGTCC 2940Genbank GAACTACGTGTGGTGGACACCTCGATCGACTCGGTGACTTTGGCCTGGACTCCAGTGTCC2940 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGGGGATCCAGCTACATCCTATCCTGGCGGCGACTCAGAGGCCCTGGCCAGGAAGTGCCT 3000Genbank AGGGCATCCAGCTACATCCTATCCTGGCGGCCACTCAGAGGCCCTGGCCAGGAAGTGCCT3000 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGGTCCCCGCAGACACTTCCAGGGATCTCAAGCTCCCAGCGGGTGACAGGGCTAGAGCCT 3060Genbank GGGTCCCCGCAGACACTTCCAGGGATCTCAAGCTCCCAGCGGGTGACAGGGCTAGAGCCT3060 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGCGTCTCTTACATCTTCTCCCTGACGCCTGTCCTGGATGGTGTGCGGGGTCCTGAGGCA 3120Genbank GGCGTCTCTTACATCTTCTCCCTGACGCCTGTCCTGGATGGTGTGCGGGGTCCTGAGGCA3120 ************************************************************ COL7A1TCTGTCACACAGACGCCAGTGTGCCCCCGTGGCCTGGCGGATGTGGTGTTCCTACCACAT 3180Genbank TCTGTCACACAGACGCCAGTGTGCCCCCGTGGCCTGGCGGATGTGGTGTTCCTACCACAT3180 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCCACTCAAGACAATGCTCACCGTGCGGAGGCTACGAGGAGGGTCCTGGAGCGTCTGGTG 3240Genbank GCCACTCAAGACAATGCTCACCGTGCGGAGGCTACGAGGAGGGTCCTGGAGCGTCTGGTG3240 ************************************************************ COL7A1TTGGGACTTGGGCCTCTTGGGCCACAGGCAGTTCAGGTTGGCCTGCTGTCTTAGAGTCAT 3300Genbank TTGGCACTTGGGCCTCTTGGGCCACAGGGAGTTCAGGTTGGCCTGCTGTCTTACAGTCAT3300 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGGCCCTCCCCACTGTTCCCACTGAATGGCTCCCATGACCTTGGCATTATCTTGCAAAGG 3360Genbank CGGCCCTCCCCACTGTTCCCACTGAATGGCTCCCATGACCTTGGCATTATCTTGCAAAGG3360 ************************************************************ COL7A1ATCCGTGACATGGCCTACATGGACCCAAGTGGGAACAACCTGGGCACAGCCGTGGTCACA 3420Genbank ATCCGTGACATGCCCTACATGGACCCAAGTGGGAACAACCTGGGCACAGCCGTGGTCACA3420 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTCACAGATACATGTTGGCACCAGATGCTCCTGGGCGCCGCCAGCACGTACCAGGGGTG 3480Genbank GCTCACAGATACATGTTGGCACCAGATGCTCCTGGGCGCCGCCAGCACGTACCAGGGGTG3480 ************************************************************ COL7A1ATGGTTCTGCTAGTGGATGAACCCTTGAGAGGTGAGATATTCAGCCCCATCCGTGAGGCC 3540Genbank ATGGTTCTGCTAGTGGATGAACCCTTGAGAGGTGACATATTCAGCCCCATCCGTGAGGCC3540 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAGGCTTCTGGGCTTAATGTGGTGATGTTGGGAATGGCTGGAGCGGACCCAGAGCAGCTG 3600Genbank CAGGCTTCTGGGCTTAATGTGGTGATGTTGGGAATGGCTGGAGCGGACCCAGAGCAGCTG3600 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGTCGCTTGGCGCCGGGTATGGACTCTGTCCAGACCTTCTTCGCCGTGGATGATGGGCCA 3660Genbank CGTCGCTTGGCGCCGGGTATGGACTCTGTCCAGACCTTCTTCGCCGTGGATGATGGGCCA3660 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGCCTGGACCAGGCAGTCAGTGGTCTGGCCACAGCCCTGTGTCAGGCATCCTTCACTACT 3720Genbank AGCCTGGACCAGGCAGTCAGTGGTCTGGCCACAGCCCTGTGTCAGGCATCCTTCACTACT3720 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAGCCCCGGCCAGAGCCCTGCCCAGTGTATTGTCCAAAGGGCCAGAAGGGGGAACCTGGA 3780Genbank CAGCCCCGGCCAGAGCCCTGCCCAGTGTATTGTCCAAAGGGCCAGAAGGGGGAACCTGGA3780 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAGATGGGCCTGAGAGGACAAGTTGGGCCTCCTGGCGACCCTGGCCTCCCGGGCAGGACC 3840Genbank GAGATGGGCCTGAGAGGACAAGTTGGGCCTCCTGGCGACCCTGGCCTCCCGGGCAGGACC3840 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTGCTCCCGGCCCCCAGGGGCCCCCTGGAAGTGCCACTGCCAAGGGCGAGAGGGGCTTC 3900Genbank GGTGCTCCCGGCCCCCAGGGGCCCCCTGGAAGTGCCACTGCCAAGGGCGAGAGGGGCTTC3900 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGAGCAGATGGGCGTCCAGGCAGCCCTGGCCGCGCCGGGAATCCTGGGACCCCTGGA 3960Genbank CCTGGAGCAGATGGGCGTCCAGGCAGCCCTGGCCGCGCCGGGAATCCTGGGACCCCTGGA3960 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCCCCTGGCCTAAAGGGCTCTCCAGGGTTGCCTGGCCCTCGTGGGGACCCGGGAGAGCGA 4020Genbank GCCCCTGGCCTAAAGGGCTCTCCAGGGTTGCCTGGCCCTCGTGGGGACCCGGGAGAGCGA4020 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGACCTCGAGGCCCAAAGGGGGAGCCGGGGGCTCCCGGACAAGTCATCGGAGGTGAAGGA 4080Genbank GGACCTCGAGGCCCAAAGGGGGAGCCGGGGGCTCCCGGACAAGTCATCGGAGGTGAAGGA4080 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGGCTTCCTGGGCGGAAAGGGGACCCTGGACCATCGGGCCCCCCTGGACCTCGTGGA 4140Genbank CCTGGGCTTCCTGGGCGGAAAGGGGACCCTGGACCATCGGGCCCCCCTGGACCTCGTGGA4140 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCACTGGGGGACCCAGGACCCCGTGGCCCCCCAGGGCTTCCTGGAACAGCCATGAAGGGT 4200Genbank CCACTGGGGGACCCAGGACCCCGTGGCCCCCCAGGGCTTCCTGGAACAGCCATGAAGGGT4200 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACAAAGGCGATCGTGGGGAGCGGGGTCCCCCTGGACCAGGTGAAGGTGGCATTGCTCCT 4260Genbank GACAAAGGCGATCGTGGGGAGCGGGGTCCCCCTGGACCAGGTGAAGGTGGCATTGCTCCT4260 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGGGAGCCTGGGCTGCCGGGTCTTCCCGGAAGCCCTGGACCCCAAGGCCCCGTTGGCCCC 4320Genbank GGGGAGCCTGGGCTGCCGGGTCTTCCCGGAAGCCCTGGACCCCAAGGCCCCGTTGGCCCC4320 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGAAAGAAAGGAGAAAAAGGTGACTCTGAGGATGGAGCTCCAGGCCTCCCAGGACAA 4380Genbank CCTGGAAAGAAAGGAGAAAAAGGTGACTCTGAGGATGGAGCTCCAGGCCTCCCAGGACAA4380 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGGTCTCCGGGTGAGCAGGGCCCACGGGGACCTCCTGGAGCTATTGGCCCCAAAGGT 4440Genbank CCTGGGTCTCCGGGTGAGCAGGGCCCACGGGGACCTCCTGGAGCTATTGGCCCCAAAGGT4440 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACCGGGGCTTTCCAGGGCCCCTGGGTGAGGCTGGAGAGAAGGGCGAACGTGGACCCCCA 4500Genbank GACCGGGGCTTTCCAGGGCCCCTGGGTGAGGCTGGAGAGAAGGGCGAACGTGGACCCCCA4500 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGCCCAGCGGGATCCCGGGGGCTGCCAGGGGTTGCTGGACGTCCTGGAGCCAAGGGTCCT 4560Genbank GGCCCAGCGGGATCCCGGGGGCTGCCAGGGGTTGCTGGACGTCCTGGAGCCAAGGGTCCT4560 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAAGGGCCACCAGGACCCACTGGCCGCCAAGGAGAGAAGGGGGAGCCTGGTCGCCCTGGG 4620Genbank GAAGGGCCACCAGGACCCACTGGCCGCCAAGGAGAGAAGGGGGAGCCTGGTCGCCCTGGG4620 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACCCTGCAGTGGTGGGACCTGCTGTTGCTGGACCCAAAGGAGAAAAGGGAGATGTGGGG 4680Genbank GACCCTGCAGTGGTGGGACCTGCTGTTGCTGGACCCAAAGGAGAAAAGGGAGATGTGGGG4680 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCGCTGGGCCCAGAGGAGCTACCGGAGTCCAAGGGGAACGGGGCCCACCCGGCTTGGTT 4740Genbank CCCGCTGGGCCCAGAGGAGCTACCGGAGTCCAAGGGGAACGGGGCCCACCCGGCTTGGTT4740 ************************************************************ COL7A1CTTCCTGGAGACCCTGGCCCCAAGGGAGACCCTGGAGACCGGGGTCCCATTGGCCTTACT 4800Genbank CTTCCTGGAGACCCTGGCCCCAAGGGAGACCCTGGAGACCGGGGTCCCATTGGCCTTACT4800 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGCAGAGCAGGACCCCCAGGTGACTCAGGGCCTCCTGGAGAGAAGGGAGACCCTGGGCGG 4860Genbank GGCAGAGCAGGACCCCCAGGTGACTCAGGGCCTCCTGGAGAGAAGGGAGACCCTGGGCGG4860 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGCCCCCCAGGACCTGTTGGCCCCCGAGGACGAGATGGTGAAGTTGGAGAGAAAGGT 4920Genbank CCTGGCCCCCCAGGACCTGTTGGCCCCCGAGGACGAGATGGTGAAGTTGGAGAGAAAGGT4920 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACGAGGGTCCTCCGGGTGACCCGGGTTTGCCTGGAAAAGCAGGCGAGCGTGGCCTTCGG 4980Genbank GACGAGGGTCCTCCGGGTGACCCGGGTTTGCCTGGAAAAGCAGGCGAGCGTGGCCTTCGG4980 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGGGCACCTGGAGTTCGGGGGCCTGTGGGTGAAAAGGGAGACCAGGGAGATCCTGGAGAG 5040Genbank GGGGCACCTGGAGTTCGGGGGCCTGTGGGTGAAAAGGGAGACCAGGGAGATCCTGGAGAG5040 ************************************************************ COL7A1GATGGACGAAATGGCAGCCCTGGATCATCTGGACCCAAGGGTGACCGTGGGGAGCCGGGT 5100Genbank GATGGACGAAATGGCAGCCCTGGATCATCTGGACCCAAGGGTGACCGTGGGGAGCCGGGT5100 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCCCAGGACCCCCGGGACGGCTGGTAGACACAGGACCTGGAGCCAGAGAGAAGGGAGAG 5160Genbank CCCCCAGGACCCCCGGGACGGCTGGTAGACACAGGACCTGGAGCCAGAGAGAAGGGAGAG5160 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGGGACCGCGGACAAGAGGGTCCTCGAGGGCCCAAGGGTGATCCTGGCCTCCCTGGA 5220Genbank CCTGGGGACCGCGGACAAGAGGGTCCTCGAGGGCCCAAGGGTGATCCTGGCCTCCCTGGA5220 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCCCCTGGGGAAAGGGGCATTGAAGGGTTTCGGGGACCCCCAGGCCCACAGGGGGACCCA 5280Genbank GCCCCTGGGGAAAGGGGCATTGAAGGGTTTCGGGGACCCCCAGGCCCACAGGGGGACCCA5280 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTGTCCGAGGCCCAGCAGGAGAAAAGGGTGACCGGGGTCCCCCTGGGCTGGATGGCCGG 5340Genbank GGTGTCCGAGGCCCAGCAGGAGAAAAGGGTGACCGGGGTCCCCCTGGGCTGGATGGCCGG5340 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGCGGACTGGATGGGAAACCAGGAGCCGCTGGGCCCTCTGGGCCGAATGGTGCTGCAGGC 5400Genbank AGCGGACTGGATGGGAAACCAGGAGCCGCTGGGCCCTCTGGGCCGAATGGTGCTGCAGGC5400 ************************************************************ COL7A1Genbank

5460 5460 COL7A1 Genbank

5520 5520 COL7A1AATGGAAAAAACGGAGAACCTGGGGACCCTGGAGAAGACGGGAGGAAGGGAGAGAAAGGA 5580Genbank AATGGAAAAAACGGAGAACCTGGGGACCCTGGAGAAGACGGGAGGAAGGGAGAGAAAGGA5580 ************************************************************ COL7A1GATTCAGGCGCCTCTGGGAGAGAAGGTCGTGATGGCCCCAAGGGTGAGCGTGGAGCTCCT 5640Genbank GATTCAGGCGCCTCTGGGAGAGAAGGTCGTGATGGCCCCAAGGGTGAGCGTGGAGCTCCT5640 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTATCCTTGGACCCCAGGGGCCTCCAGGCCTCCCAGGGCCAGTGGGCCCTCCTGGCCAG 5700Genbank GGTATCCTTGGACCCCAGGGGCCTCCAGGCCTCCCAGGGCCAGTGGGCCCTCCTGGCCAG5700 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTTTTCCTGGTGTCCCAGGAGGCACGGGCCCCAAGGGTGACCGTGGGGAGACTGGATCC 5760Genbank GGTTTTCCTGGTGTCCCAGGAGGCACGGGCCCCAAGGGTGACCGTGGGGAGACTGGATCC5760 ************************************************************ COL7A1AAAGGGGAGCAGGGCCTCCCTGGAGAGCGTGGCCTGCGAGGAGAGCCTGGAAGTGTGCCG 5820Genbank AAAGGGGAGCAGGGCCTCCCTGGAGAGCGTGGCCTGCGAGGAGAGCCTGGAAGTGTGCCG5820 ************************************************************ COL7A1AATGTGGATCGGTTGCTGGAAACTGCTGGCATCAAGGCATCTGCCCTGCGGGAGATCGTG 5880Genbank AATGTGGATCGGTTGCTGGAAACTGCTGGCATCAAGGCATCTGCCCTGCGGGAGATCGTG5880 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAGACCTGGGATGAGAGCTCTGGTAGCTTCCTGCCTGTGCCCGAACGGCGTCGAGGCCCC 5940Genbank GAGACCTGGGATGAGAGCTCTGGTAGCTTCCTGCCTGTGCCCGAACGGCGTCGAGGCCCC5940 ************************************************************ COL7A1AAGGGGGACTCAGGCGAACAGGGCCCCCCAGGCAAGGAGGGCCCCATCGGCTTTCCTGGA 6000Genbank AAGGGGGACTCAGGCGAACAGGGCCCCCCAGGCAAGGAGGGCCCCATCGGCTTTCCTGGA6000 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAACGCGGGCTGAAGGGCGACCGTGGAGACCCTGGCCCTCAGGGGCCACCTGGTCTGGCC 6060Genbank GAACGCGGGCTGAAGGGCGACCGTGGAGACCCTGGCCCTCAGGGGCCACCTGGTCTGGCC6060 ************************************************************ COL7A1CTTGGGGAGAGGGGCCCCCCCGGGCCTTCCGGCCTTGCCGGGGAGCCTGGAAAGCCTGGT 6120Genbank CTTGGGGAGAGGGGCCCCCCCGGGCCTTCCGGCCTTGCCGGGGAGCCTGGAAAGCCTGGT6120 ************************************************************ COL7A1ATTCCCGGGCTCCCAGGCAGGGCTGGGGGTGTGGGAGAGGCAGGAAGGCCAGGAGAGAGG 6180Genbank ATTCCCGGGCTCCCAGGCAGGGCTGGGGGTGTGGGAGAGGCAGGAAGGCCAGGAGAGAGG6180 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGAACGGGGAGAGAAAGGAGAACGTGGAGAACAGGGCAGAGATGGCCCTCCTGGACTC 6240Genbank GGAGAACGGGGAGAGAAAGGAGAACGTGGAGAACAGGGCAGAGATGGCCCTCCTGGACTC6240 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGAACCCCTGGGCCCCCCGGACCCCCTGGCCCCAAGGTGTCTGTGGATGAGCCAGGT 6300Genbank CCTGGAACCCCTGGGCCCCCCGGACCCCCTGGCCCCAAGGTGTCTGTGGATGAGCCAGGT6300 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTGGACTCTCTGGAGAACAGGGACCCCCTGGACTCAAGGGTGCTAAGGGGGAGCCGGGC 6360Genbank CCTGGACTCTCTGGAGAACAGGGACCCCCTGGACTCAAGGGTGCTAAGGGGGAGCCGGGC6360 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGCAATGGTGACCAAGGTCCCAAAGGAGACAGGGGTGTGCCAGGCATCAAAGGAGACCGG 6420Genbank AGCAATGGTGACCAAGGTCCCAAAGGAGACAGGGGTGTGCCAGGCATCAAAGGAGACCGG6420 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGAGCCTGGACCGAGGGGTCAGGACGGCAACCCGGGTCTACCAGGAGAGCGTGGTATG 6480Genbank GGAGAGCCTGGACCGAGGGGTCAGGACGGCAACCCGGGTCTACCAGGAGAGCGTGGTATG6480 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTGGGCCTGAAGGGAAGCCGGGTCTGCAGGGTCCAAGAGGCCCCCCTGGCCCAGTGGGT 6540Genbank GCTGGGCCTGAAGGGAAGCCGGGTCTGCAGGGTCCAAGAGGCCCCCCTGGCCCAGTGGGT6540 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTCATGGAGACCCTGGACCACCTGGTGCCCCGGGTCTTGCTGGCCCTGCAGGACCCCAA 6600Genbank GGTCATGGAGACCCTGGACCACCTGGTGCCCCGGGTCTTGCTGGCCCTGCAGGACCCCAA6600 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGACCTTCTGGCCTGAAGGGGGAGCCTGGAGAGACAGGACCTCCAGGACGGGGCCTGACT 6660Genbank GGACCTTCTGGCCTGAAGGGGGAGCCTGGAGAGACAGGACCTCCAGGACGGGGCCTGACT6660 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGACCTACTGGAGCTGTGGGACTTCCTGGACCCCCCGGCCCTTCAGGCCTTGTGGGTCCA 6720Genbank GGACCTACTGGAGCTGTGGGACTTCCTGGACCCCCCGGCCCTTCAGGCCTTGTGGGTCCA6720 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAGGGGTCTCCAGGTTTGCCTGGACAAGTGGGGGAGACAGGGAAGCCGGGAGCCCCAGGT 6780Genbank CAGGGGTCTCCAGGTTTGCCTGGACAAGTGGGGGAGACAGGGAAGCCGGGAGCCCCAGGT6780 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGAGATGGTGCCAGTGGAAAAGATGGAGACAGAGGGAGCCCTGGTGTGCCAGGGTCACCA 6840Genbank CGAGATGGTGCCAGTGGAAAAGATGGAGACAGAGGGAGCCCTGGTGTGCCAGGGTCACCA6840 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTCTGCCTGGCCCTGTCGGACCTAAAGGAGAACCTGGCCCCACGGGGGCCCCTGGACAG 6900Genbank GGTCTGCCTGGCCCTGTCGGACCTAAAGGAGAACCTGGCCCCACGGGGGCCCCTGGACAG6900 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTGTGGTCGGGCTCCCTGGAGCAAAGGGAGAGAAGGGAGCCCCTGGAGGCCTTGCTGGA 6960Genbank GCTGTGGTCGGGCTCCCTGGAGCAAAGGGAGAGAAGGGAGCCCCTGGAGGCCTTGCTGGA6960 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACCTGGTGGGTGAGCCGGGAGCCAAAGGTGACCGAGGACTGCCAGGGCCGCGAGGCGAG 7020Genbank GACCTGGTGGGTGAGCCGGGAGCCAAAGGTGACCGAGGACTGCCAGGGCCGCGAGGCGAG7020 ************************************************************ COL7A1AAGGGTGAAGCTGGCCGTGCAGGGGAGCCCGGAGACCCTGGGGAAGATGGTCAGAAAGGG 7080Genbank AAGGGTGAAGCTGGCCGTGCAGGGGAGCCCGGAGACCCTGGGGAAGATGGTCAGAAAGGG7080 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTCCAGGACCCAAAGGTTTCAAGGGTGACCCAGGAGTCGGGGTCCCGGGCTCCCCTGGG 7140Genbank GCTCCAGGACCCAAAGGTTTCAAGGGTGACCCAGGAGTCGGGGTCCCGGGCTCCCCTGGG7140 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCTCCTGGCCCTCCAGGTGTGAAGGGAGATCTGGGCCTCCCTGGCCTGCCCGGTGCTCCT 7200Genbank CCTCCTGGCCCTCCAGGTGTGAAGGGAGATCTGGGCCTCCCTGGCCTGCCCGGTGCTCCT7200 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTGTTGTTGGGTTCCCGGGTCAGACAGGCCCTCGAGGAGAGATGGGTCAGCCAGGCCCT 7260Genbank GGTGTTGTTGGGTTCCCGGGTCAGACAGGCCCTCGAGGAGAGATGGGTCAGCCAGGCCCT7260 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGTGGAGAGCGGGGTCTGGCAGGCCCCCCAGGGAGAGAAGGAATCCCAGGACCCCTGGGG 7320Genbank AGTGGAGAGCGGGGTCTGGCAGGCCCCCCAGGGAGAGAAGGAATCCCAGGACCCCTGGGG7320 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCACCTGGACCACCGGGGTCAGTGGGACCACCTGGGGCCTCTGGACTCAAAGGGAGACAAG 7380Genbank CCACCTGGACCACCGGGGTCAGTGGGACCACCTGGGGCCTCTGGACTCAAAGGGAGACAAG7380 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGACCCTGGAGTAGGGCTGCCTGGGCCCCGAGGCGAGCGTGGGGAGCCAGGCATCCGG 7440Genbank GGAGACCCTGGAGTAGGGCTGCCTGGGCCCCGAGGCGAGCGTGGGGAGCCAGGCATCCGG7440 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGTGAAGATGGCCGCCCCGGCCAGGAGGGACCCCGAGGACTCACGGGGCCCCCTGGCAGC 7500Genbank GGTGAAGATGGCCGCCCCGGCCAGGAGGGACCCCGAGGACTCACGGGGCCCCCTGGCAGC7500 ************************************************************ COL7A1AGGGGAGAGCGTGGGGAGAAGGGTGATGTTGGGAGTGCAGGACTAAAGGGTGACAAGGGA 7560Genbank AGGGGAGAGCGTGGGGAGAAGGGTGATGTTGGGAGTGCAGGACTAAAGGGTGACAAGGGA7560 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACTCAGCTGTGATCCTGGGGCCTCCACGCCCACGGGGTGCCAAGGGGGACATGGGTGAA 7620Genbank GACTCAGCTGTGATCCTGGGGCCTCCAGGCCCACGGGGTGCCAAGGGGGACATGGGTGAA7620 ************************************************************ COL7A1CGAGGGCCTCGGGGCTTGGATGGTGACAAAGGACCTCGGGGAGACAATGGGGACCCTGGT 7680Genbank CGAGGGCCTCGGGGCTTGGATGGTGACAAAGGACCTCGGGGAGACAATGGGCACCCTGGT7680 ************************************************************ COL7A1GACAAGGGCAGCAAGGGAGAGCCTGGTGACAAGGGCTCAGCCGGGTTGCCAGGACTGCGT 7740Genbank GACAAGGGCAGCAAGGGAGAGCCTGGTGACAAGGGCTCAGCCGGGTTGCCAGGACTGCGT7740 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGACTCCTGGGACCCCAGGGTCAACCTGGTGCAGCAGGGATCCCTGGTGACCCCGGATCC 7800Genbank GGACTCCTGGGACCCCAGGGTCAACCTGGTGCAGCAGGGATCCCTGGTGACCCCGGATCC7800 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCAGGAAAGGATGGAGTGCCTGGTATCCGAGGAGAAAAAGGAGATGTTGGCTTCATGGGT 7860Genbank CCAGGAAAGGATGGAGTGCCTGGTATCCGAGGAGAAAAAGGAGATGTTGGCTTCATGGGT7860 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCCGGGCCCTCAAGGGTGAACGCGGAGTGAAGGGAGCCTGTGGCCTTGATGGAGAGAAG 7920Genbank CCCCGGGGCCTCAAGGGTGAACGGGGAGTGAAGGGAGCCTGTGGCCTTGATGGAGAGAAG7920 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGACAAGGGAGAAGCTGGTCCCCCAGGCCGCCCCGGGCTGGCAGGACACAAAGGAGAG 7980Genbank GGAGACAAGGGAGAAGCTGGTCCCCCAGGCCGCCCCGGGCTGGCAGGACACAAAGGAGAG7980 ************************************************************ COL7A1ATGGGGGAGCCTGGTGTGCCGGGCCACTCGGGGGCCCCTGGCAAGGAGGGCCTGATCGGT 8040Genbank ATGGGGGAGCCTGGTGTGCCGGGCCAGTCGGGGGCCCCTGGCAAGGAGGGCCTGATCGGT8040 ************************************************************ COL7A1CCCAAGGGTGACCGAGGCTTTGACGGGCAGCCAGGCCCCAAGGGTGACCAGGGCGAGAAA 8100Genbank CCCAAGGGTGACCGAGGCTTTGACGGGCAGCCAGGCCCCAAGGGTGACCAGGGCGAGAAA8100 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGGGAGCGGGGAACCCCAGGAATTGGGGGCTTCCCAGGCCCCAGTGGAAATGATGGCTCT $160Genbank GGGGAGCGGGGAACCCCAGGAATTGGGGGCTTCCCAGGCCCCAGTGGAAATGATGGCTCT8160 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTGGTCCCCCAGGGCCACCTGGCAGTGTTGGTCCCAGAGGCCCCGAAGGACTTCAGGGC 8220Genbank GCTGGTCCCCCAGGGCCACCTGGCAGTGTTGGTCCCAGAGGCCCCGAAGGACTTCAGGGC8220 ************************************************************ COL7A1CAGAAGGGTGAGCGAGGTCCCCCCGGAGAGAGAGTGGTGGGGGCTCCTGGGGTCCCTGGA 8280Genbank CAGAAGGGTGAGCGAGGCCCCCCCGGAGAGAGAGTGGTGGGGGCTCCTGGGGTCCCTGGA8280 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCTCCTGGCGAGAGAGGGGAGCAGGGGCGGCCAGGGCCTGCCGGTCCTCGAGGCGAGAAG 8340Genbank GCTCCTGGCGAGAGAGGGGAGCAGGGGCGGCCAGGGCCTGCCGGTCCTCGAGGCGAGAAG8340 ************************************************************ COL7A1GGAGAAGCTGCACTGACGGAGGATGACATCCGGGGCTTTGTGCGCCAAGAGATGAGTCAG 8400Genbank GGAGAAGCTGCACTGACGGAGGATGACATCCGGGGCTTTGTGCGCCAAGAGATGAGTCAG8400 ************************************************************ COL7A1CACTGTGCCTGCCAGGGCCAGTTCATCGCATCTGGATCACGACCCCTCCCTAGTTATGCT 8460Genbank CACTGTGCCTGCCAGGGCCAGTTCATCGCATCTGGATCACGACCCCTCCCTAGTTATGCT8460 ************************************************************ COL7A1GCAGACACTGCCGGCTCCCAGCTCCATGCTGTGCCTGTGCTCCGCGTCTCTCATGCAGAG 8520Genbank GCAGACACTGCCGGCTCCCAGCTCCATGCTGTGCCTGTGCTCCGCGTCTCTCATGCAGAG8520 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAGGAAGAGCGGGTACCCCCTGAGGATGATGAGTACTCTGAATACTCCGAGTATTCTGTG 8580Genbank GAGGAAGAGCGGGTACCCCCTGAGGATGATGAGTACTCTGAATACTCCGAGTATTCTGTG8580 ************************************************************ COL7A1GAGGAGTACCAGGACCCTGAAGCTCCTTGGGATAGTGATGACCCCTGTTCCCTGCCACTG 8640Genbank GAGGAGTACCAGGACCCTGAAGCTCCTTGGGATAGTGATGACCCCTGTTCCCTGCCACTG8640 ************************************************************ COL7A1GATGAGGGCTCCTGCACTGCCTACACCCTGCGCTGGTACCATCGGGCTGTGACAGGCAGC 8700Genbank GATGAGGGCTCCTGCACTGCCTACACCCTGCGCTGGTACCATCGGGCTGTGACAGGCAGC8700 ************************************************************ COL7A1ACAGAGGCCTGTCACCCTTTTGTCTATGGTGGCTGTGGAGGGAATGCCAACCGTTTTGGG 8760Genbank ACAGAGGCCTGTCACCCTTTTGTCTATGGTGGCTGTGGAGGGAATGCCAACCGTTTTGGG8760 ************************************************************ COL7A1ACCCGTGAGGCCTGCGAGCGCCGCTGCCCACCCCGGGTGGTCCAGAGCCAGGGGACAGGT 8820Genbank ACCCGTGAGGCCTGCGAGCGCCGCTGCCCACCCCGGGTGGTCCAGAGCCAGGGGACAGGT8820 ************************************************************ COL7A1ACTGCCCAGGAC 8832 (SEQ ID NO: 23) Genbank ACTGCCCAGGAC 8832(SEQ ID NO: 24) ************The following is a comparative analysis of 60/010,743-ITX-00001_CONTIGSEQUENCE (SEQ ID NO:34) relative to IGE308_REFSEQUENCE (SEQ ID NO: 34).

60010743-ITX-00001_Comparative_Analysis 60010743-ITX_Final.SPF

 IGE308_RefSequence     #1GTCGACGGAT CGGGAGATCT CCCGATCCCC TATGGTGCAC TCTCAGTACA ATCTGCTCTG ATGCCGCATA GTTAAGCCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig     #1GTCGACGGAT CGGGAGATCT CCCGATCCCC TATGGTGCAC TCTCAGTACA ATCTGCTCTG ATGCCGCATA GTTAAGCCAG    #1GTCGACGGAT CGGGAGATCT CCCGATCCCC TATGGTGCAC TCTCAGTACA ATCTGCTCTG ATGCCGCATA GTTAAGCCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence    #81TATCTGCTCC CTGCTTGTGT GTTGGAGGTC GCTGAGTAGT GCGCGAGCAA AATTTAAGCT ACAACAAGGC AAGGCTTGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig    #81TATCTGCTCC CTGCTTGTGT GTTGGAGGTC GCTGAGTAGT GCGCGAGCAA AATTTAAGCT ACAACAAGGC AAGGCTTGAC   #81TATCTGCTCC CTGCTTGTGT GTTGGAGGTC GCTGAGTAGT GCGCGAGCAA AATTTAAGCT ACAACAAGGC AAGGCTTGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence   #161CGACAATTGC ATGAAGAATC TGCTTAGGGT TAGGCGTTTT GCGCTGCTTC GCGATGTACG GGCCAGATAT ACGCGTTGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #161CGACAATTGC ATGAAGAATC TGCTTAGGGT TAGGCGTTTT GCGCTGCTTC GCGATGTACG GGCCAGATAT ACGCGTTGAC  #161CGACAATTGC ATGAAGAATC TGCTTAGGGT TAGGCGTTTT GCGCTGCTTC GCGATGTACG GGCCAGATAT ACGCGTTGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence   #241ATTGATTATT GACTAGTTAT TAATAGTAAT CAATTACGGG GTCATTAGTT CATAGCCCAT ATATGGAGTT CCGCGTTACA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #241ATTGATTATT GACTAGTTAT TAATAGTAAT CAATTACGGG GTCATTAGTT CATAGCCCAT ATATGGAGTT CCGCGTTACA  #241ATTGATTATT GACTAGTTAT TAATAGTAAT CAATTACGGG GTCATTAGTT CATAGCCCAT ATATGGAGTT CCGCGTTACA

 IGE308_RefSequence   #321TAACTTACGG TAAATGGCCC GCCTGGCTGA CCGCCCAACG ACCCCCGCCC ATTGACGTCA ATAATGACGT ATGTTCCCAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #321TAACTTACGG TAAATGGCCC GCCTGGCTGA CCGCCCAACG ACCCCCGCCC ATTGACGTCA ATAATGACGT ATGTTCCCAT  #321TAACTTACGG TAAATGGCCC GCCTGGCTGA CCGCCCAACG ACCCCCGCCC ATTGACGTCA ATAATGACGT ATGTTCCCAT

 IGE308_RefSequence   #401AGTAACGCCA ATAGGGACTT TCCATTGACG TCAATGGGTG GAGTATTTAC GGTAAACTGC CCACTTGGCA GTACATCAAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #401AGTAACGCCA ATAGGGACTT TCCATTGACG TCAATGGGTG GAGTATTTAC GGTAAACTGC CCACTTGGCA GTACATCAAG  #401AGTAACGCCA ATAGGGACTT TCCATTGACG TCAATGGGTG GAGTATTTAC GGTAAACTGC CCACTTGGCA GTACATCAAG

 IGE308_RefSequence   #481TGTATCATAT GCCAAGTACG CCCCCTATTG ACGTCAATGA CGGTAAATGG CCCGCCTGGC ATTATGCCCA GTACATGACC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #481TGTATCATAT GCCAAGTACG CCCCCTATTG ACGTCAATGA CGGTAAATGG CCCGCCTGGC ATTATGCCCA GTACATGACC  #481TGTATCATAT GCCAAGTACG CCCCCTATTG ACGTCAATGA CGGTAAATGG CCCGCCTGGC ATTATGCCCA GTACATGACC

 IGE308_RefSequence   #561TTATGGGACT TTCCTACTTG GCAGTACATC TACGTATTAG TCATCGCTAT TACCATGGTG ATGCGGTTTT GGCAGTACAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #561TTATGGGACT TTCCTACTTG GCAGTACATC TACGTATTAG TCATCGCTAT TACCATGGTG ATGCGGTTTT GGCAGTACAT  #561TTATGGGACT TTCCTACTTG GCAGTACATC TACGTATTAG TCATCGCTAT TACCATGGTG ATGCGGTTTT GGCAGTACAT

 IGE308_RefSequence   #641CAATGGGCGT GGATAGCGGT TTGACTCACG GGGATTTCCA AGTCTCCACC CCATTGACGT CAATGGGAGT TTGTTTTGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #641CAATGGGCGT GGATAGCGGT TTGACTCACG GGGATTTCCA AGTCTCCACC CCATTGACGT CAATGGGAGT TTGTTTTGGC  #641CAATGGGCGT GGATAGCGGT TTGACTCACG GGGATTTCCA AGTCTCCACC CCATTGACGT CAATGGGAGT TTGTTTTGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence   #721ACCAAAATCA ACGGGACTTT CCAAAATGTC GTAACAACTC CGCCCCATTG ACGCAAATGG GCGGTAGGCG TGTACGGTGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #721ACCAAAATCA ACGGGACTTT CCAAAATGTC GTAACAACTC CGCCCCATTG ACGCAAATGG GCGGTAGGCG TGTACGGTGG  #721ACCAAAATCA ACGGGACTTT CCAAAATGTC GTAACAACTC CGCCCCATTG ACGCAAATGG GCGGTAGGCG TGTACGGTGG

 IGE308_RefSequence   #801GAGGTCTATA TAAGCAGCGC GTTTTGCCTG TACTGGGTCT CTCTGGTTAG ACCAGATCTG AGCCTGGGAG CTCTCTGGCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #801GAGGTCTATA TAAGCAGCGC GTTTTGCCTG TACTGGGTCT CTCTGGTTAG ACCAGATCTG AGCCTGGGAG CTCTCTGGCT  #801GAGGTCTATA TAAGCAGCGC GTTTTGCCTG TACTGGGTCT CTCTGGTTAG ACCAGATCTG AGCCTGGGAG CTCTCTGGCT

 IGE308_RefSequence   #881AACTAGGGAA CCCACTGCTT AAGCCTCAAT AAAGCTTGCC TTGAGTGCTT CAAGTAGTGT GTGCCCGTCT GTTGTGTGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #881AACTAGGGAA CCCACTGCTT AAGCCTCAAT AAAGCTTGCC TTGAGTGCTT CAAGTAGTGT GTGCCCGTCT GTTGTGTGAC  #881AACTAGGGAA CCCACTGCTT AAGCCTCAAT AAAGCTTGCC TTGAGTGCTT CAAGTAGTGT GTGCCCGTCT GTTGTGTGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence   #961TCTGGTAACT AGAGATCCCT CAGACCCTTT TAGTCAGTGT GGAAAATCTC TAGCAGTGGC GCCCGAACAG GGACTTGAAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig   #961TCTGGTAACT AGAGATCCCT CAGACCCTTT TAGTCAGTGT GGAAAATCTC TAGCAGTGGC GCCCGAACAG GGACTTGAAA  #961TCTGGTAACT AGAGATCCCT CAGACCCTTT TAGTCAGTGT GGAAAATCTC TAGCAGTGGC GCCCGAACAG GGACTTGAAA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1041GCGAAAGGGA AACCAGAGGA GCTCTCTCGA CGCAGGACTC GGCTTGCTGA AGCGCGCACG GCAAGAGGCG AGGGGCGGCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1041GCGAAAGGGA AACCAGAGGA GCTCTCTCGA CGCAGGACTC GGCTTGCTGA AGCGCGCACG GCAAGAGGCG AGGGGCGGCG #1041GCGAAAGGGA AACCAGAGGA GCTCTCTCGA CGCAGGACTC GGCTTGCTGA AGCGCGCACG GCAAGAGGCG AGGGGCGGCG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1121ACTGGTGAGT ACGCCAAAAA TTTTGACTAG CGGAGGCTAG AAGGAGAGAG ATGGGTGCGA GAGCGTCAGT ATTAAGCGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1121ACTGGTGAGT ACGCCAAAAA TTTTGACTAG CGGAGGCTAG AAGGAGAGAG ATGGGTGCGA GAGCGTCAGT ATTAAGCGGG #1121ACTGGTGAGT ACGCCAAAAA TTTTGACTAG CGGAGGCTAG AAGGAGAGAG ATGGGTGCGA GAGCGTCAGT ATTAAGCGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1201GGAGAATTAG ATCGCGATGG GAAAAAATTC GGTTAAGGCC AGGGGGAAAG AAAAAATATA AATTAAAACA TATAGTATGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1201GGAGAATTAG ATCGCGATGG GAAAAAATTC GGTTAAGGCC AGGGGGAAAG AAAAAATATA AATTAAAACA TATAGTATGG #1201GGAGAATTAG ATCGCGATGG GAAAAAATTC GGTTAAGGCC AGGGGGAAAG AAAAAATATA AATTAAAACA TATAGTATGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1281GCAAGCAGGG AGCTAGAACG ATTCGCAGTT AATCCTGGCC TGTTAGAAAC ATCAGAAGGC TGTAGACAAA TACTGGGACA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1281GCAAGCAGGG AGCTAGAACG ATTCGCAGTT AATCCTGGCC TGTTAGAAAC ATCAGAAGGC TGTAGACAAA TACTGGGACA #1281GCAAGCAGGG AGCTAGAACG ATTCGCAGTT AATCCTGGCC TGTTAGAAAC ATCAGAAGGC TGTAGACAAA TACTGGGACA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1361GCTACAACCA TCCCTTCAGA CAGGATCAGA AGAACTTAGA TCATTATATA ATACAGTAGC AACCCTCTAT TGTGTGCATC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1361GCTACAACCA TCCCTTCAGA CAGGATCAGA AGAACTTAGA TCATTATATA ATACAGTAGC AACCCTCTAT TGTGTGCATC #1361GCTACAACCA TCCCTTCAGA CAGGATCAGA AGAACTTAGA TCATTATATA ATACAGTAGC AACCCTCTAT TGTGTGCATC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1441AAAGGATAGA GATAAAAGAC ACCAAGGAAG CTTTAGACAA GATAGAGGAA GAGCAAAACA AAAGTAAGAC CACCGCACAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1441AAAGGATAGA GATAAAAGAC ACCAAGGAAG CTTTAGACAA GATAGAGGAA GAGCAAAACA AAAGTAAGAC CACCGCACAG #1441AAAGGATAGA GATAAAAGAC ACCAAGGAAG CTTTAGACAA GATAGAGGAA GAGCAAAACA AAAGTAAGAC CACCGCACAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1521CAAGCGGCCG CTGATCTTCA GACCTGGAGG AGGAGATATG AGGGACAATT GGAGAAGTGA ATTATATAAA TATAAAGTAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1521CAAGCGGCCG CTGATCTTCA GACCTGGAGG AGGAGATATG AGGGACAATT GGAGAAGTGA ATTATATAAA TATAAAGTAG #1521CAAGCGGCCG CTGATCTTCA GACCTGGAGG AGGAGATATG AGGGACAATT GGAGAAGTGA ATTATATAAA TATAAAGTAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1601TAAAAATTGA ACCATTAGGA GTAGCACCCA CCAAGGCAAA GAGAAGAGTG GTGCAGAGAG AAAAAAGAGC AGTGGGAATA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1601TAAAAATTGA ACCATTAGGA GTAGCACCCA CCAAGGCAAA GAGAAGAGTG GTGCAGAGAG AAAAAAGAGC AGTGGGAATA #1601TAAAAATTGA ACCATTAGGA GTAGCACCCA CCAAGGCAAA GAGAAGAGTG GTGCAGAGAG AAAAAAGAGC AGTGGGAATA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1681GGAGCTTTGT TCCTTGGGTT CTTGGGAGCA GCAGGAAGCA CTATGGGCGC AGCGTCAATG ACGCTGACGG TACAGGCCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1681GGAGCTTTGT TCCTTGGGTT CTTGGGAGCA GCAGGAAGCA CTATGGGCGC AGCGTCAATG ACGCTGACGG TACAGGCCAG #1681GGAGCTTTGT TCCTTGGGTT CTTGGGAGCA GCAGGAAGCA CTATGGGCGC AGCGTCAATG ACGCTGACGG TACAGGCCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1761ACAATTATTG TCTGGTATAG TGCAGCAGCA GAACAATTTG CTGAGGGCTA TTGAGGCGCA ACAGCATCTG TTGCAACTCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1761ACAATTATTG TCTGGTATAG TGCAGCAGCA GAACAATTTG CTGAGGGCTA TTGAGGCGCA ACAGCATCTG TTGCAACTCA #1761ACAATTATTG TCTGGTATAG TGCAGCAGCA GAACAATTTG CTGAGGGCTA TTGAGGCGCA ACAGCATCTG TTGCAACTCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1841CAGTCTGGGG CATCAAGCAG CTCCAGGCAA GAATCCTGGC TGTGGAAAGA TACCTAAAGG ATCAACAGCT CCTGGGGATT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1841CAGTCTGGGG CATCAAGCAG CTCCAGGCAA GAATCCTGGC TGTGGAAAGA TACCTAAAGG ATCAACAGCT CCTGGGGATT #1841CAGTCTGGGG CATCAAGCAG CTCCAGGCAA GAATCCTGGC TGTGGAAAGA TACCTAAAGG ATCAACAGCT CCTGGGGATT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #1921TGGGGTTGCT CTGGAAAACT CATTTGCACC ACTGCTGTGC CTTGGAATGC TAGTTGGAGT AATAAATCTC TGGAACAGAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #1921TGGGGTTGCT CTGGAAAACT CATTTGCACC ACTGCTGTGC CTTGGAATGC TAGTTGGAGT AATAAATCTC TGGAACAGAT #1921TGGGGTTGCT CTGGAAAACT CATTTGCACC ACTGCTGTGC CTTGGAATGC TAGTTGGAGT AATAAATCTC TGGAACAGAT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2001TTGGAATCAC ACGACCTGGA TGGAGTGGGA CAGAGAAATT AACAATTACA CAAGCTTAAT ACACTCCTTA ATTGAAGAAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2001TTGGAATCAC ACGACCTGGA TGGAGTGGGA CAGAGAAATT AACAATTACA CAAGCTTAAT ACACTCCTTA ATTGAAGAAT #2001TTGGAATCAC ACGACCTGGA TGGAGTGGGA CAGAGAAATT AACAATTACA CAAGCTTAAT ACACTCCTTA ATTGAAGAAT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2081CGCAAAACCA GCAAGAAAAG AATGAACAAG AATTATTGGA ATTAGATAAA TGGGCAAGTT TGTGGAATTG GTTTAACATA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2081CGCAAAACCA GCAAGAAAAG AATGAACAAG AATTATTGGA ATTAGATAAA TGGGCAAGTT TGTGGAATTG GTTTAACATA #2081CGCAAAACCA GCAAGAAAAG AATGAACAAG AATTATTGGA ATTAGATAAA TGGGCAAGTT TGTGGAATTG GTTTAACATA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2161ACAAATTGGC TGTGGTATAT AAAATTATTC ATAATGATAG TAGGAGGCTT GGTAGGTTTA AGAATAGTTT TTGCTGTACT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2161ACAAATTGGC TGTGGTATAT AAAATTATTC ATAATGATAG TAGGAGGCTT GGTAGGTTTA AGAATAGTTT TTGCTGTACT #2161ACAAATTGGC TGTGGTATAT AAAATTATTC ATAATGATAG TAGGAGGCTT GGTAGGTTTA AGAATAGTTT TTGCTGTACT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2241TTCTATAGTG AATAGAGTTA GGCAGGGATA TTCACCATTA TCGTTTCAGA CCCACCTCCC AACCCCGAGG GGACCCGACA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2241TTCTATAGTG AATAGAGTTA GGCAGGGATA TTCACCATTA TCGTTTCAGA CCCACCTCCC AACCCCGAGG GGACCCGACA #2241TTCTATAGTG AATAGAGTTA GGCAGGGATA TTCACCATTA TCGTTTCAGA CCCACCTCCC AACCCCGAGG GGACCCGACA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2321GGCCCGAAGG AATAGAAGAA GAAGGTGGAG AGAGAGACAG AGACAGATCC ATTCGATTAG TGAACGGATC GGCACTGCGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2321GGCCCGAAGG AATAGAAGAA GAAGGTGGAG AGAGAGACAG AGACAGATCC ATTCGATTAG TGAACGGATC GGCACTGCGT #2321GGCCCGAAGG AATAGAAGAA GAAGGTGGAG AGAGAGACAG AGACAGATCC ATTCGATTAG TGAACGGATC GGCACTGCGT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2401GCGCCAATTC TGCAGACAAA TGGCAGTATT CATCCACAAT TTTAAAAGAA AAGGGGGGAT TGGGGGGTAC AGTGCAGGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2401GCGCCAATTC TGCAGACAAA TGGCAGTATT CATCCACAAT TTTAAAAGAA AAGGGGGGAT TGGGGGGTAC AGTGCAGGGG #2401GCGCCAATTC TGCAGACAAA TGGCAGTATT CATCCACAAT TTTAAAAGAA AAGGGGGGAT TGGGGGGTAC AGTGCAGGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2481AAAGAATAGT AGACATAATA GCAACAGACA TACAAACTAA AGAATTACAA AAACAAATTA CAAAAATTCA AAATTTTCGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2481AAAGAATAGT AGACATAATA GCAACAGACA TACAAACTAA AGAATTACAA AAACAAATTA CAAAAATTCA AAATTTTCGG #2481AAAGAATAGT AGACATAATA GCAACAGACA TACAAACTAA AGAATTACAA AAACAAATTA CAAAAATTCA AAATTTTCGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2561GTTTATTACA GGGACAGCAG AGATCCAGTT TGGTTAATTA AGCATTAGTT ATTAATAGTA ATCAATTACG GGGTCATTAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2561GTTTATTACA GGGACAGCAG AGATCCAGTT TGGTTAATTA AGCATTAGTT ATTAATAGTA ATCAATTACG GGGTCATTAG #2561GTTTATTACA GGGACAGCAG AGATCCAGTT TGGTTAATTA AGCATTAGTT ATTAATAGTA ATCAATTACG GGGTCATTAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2641TTCATAGCCC ATATATGGAG TTCCGCGTTA CATAACTTAC GGTAAATGGC CCGCCTGGTT GACCGCCCAA CGACCCCCGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2641TTCATAGCCC ATATATGGAG TTCCGCGTTA CATAACTTAC GGTAAATGGC CCGCCTGGTT GACCGCCCAA CGACCCCCGC #2641TTCATAGCCC ATATATGGAG TTCCGCGTTA CATAACTTAC GGTAAATGGC CCGCCTGGTT GACCGCCCAA CGACCCCCGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2721CCATTGACGT CAATAATGAC GTATGTTCCC ATAGTAACGC CAATAGGGAC TTTCCATTGA CGTCAATGGG TGGAGTATTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2721CCATTGACGT CAATAATGAC GTATGTTCCC ATAGTAACGC CAATAGGGAC TTTCCATTGA CGTCAATGGG TGGAGTATTT #2721CCATTGACGT CAATAATGAC GTATGTTCCC ATAGTAACGC CAATAGGGAC TTTCCATTGA CGTCAATGGG TGGAGTATTT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2801ACGGTAAACT GCCCACTTGG TAGTACATCA AGTGTATCAT ACGCCAAGTA CGCCCCCTAT TGACGTCAAT GACGGTAAAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2801ACGGTAAACT GCCCACTTGG TAGTACATCA AGTGTATCAT ACGCCAAGTA CGCCCCCTAT TGACGTCAAT GACGGTAAAT #2801ACGGTAAACT GCCCACTTGG TAGTACATCA AGTGTATCAT ACGCCAAGTA CGCCCCCTAT TGACGTCAAT GACGGTAAAT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2881GGCCCGCCTG GTATTATGCC CAGTACATGA CCTTATGGGA CTTTCCTACT TGGCAGTACA TCTGCGTATT AGTCATCGCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2881GGCCCGCCTG GTATTATGCC CAGTACATGA CCTTATGGGA CTTTCCTACT TGGCAGTACA TCTGCGTATT AGTCATCGCT #2881GGCCCGCCTG GTATTATGCC CAGTACATGA CCTTATGGGA CTTTCCTACT TGGCAGTACA TCTGCGTATT AGTCATCGCT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #2961ATTACCATGG TGATGCGGTT TTGGCAGTAC ATCAATGGGC GTGGATAGCG GTTTGACTCA CGGGGATTTC CAAGTCTCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #2961ATTACCATGG TGATGCGGTT TTGGCAGTAC ATCAATGGGC GTGGATAGCG GTTTGACTCA CGGGGATTTC CAAGTCTCCA #2961ATTACCATGG TGATGCGGTT TTGGCAGTAC ATCAATGGGC GTGGATAGCG GTTTGACTCA CGGGGATTTC CAAGTCTCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3041CCCCATTGAC GTCAATGGGA GTTTGTTTTG GCACCAAAAT CAACGGGACT TTCCAAAATG TCGTAACAAC TCCGCCCCAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3041CCCCATTGAC GTCAATGGGA GTTTGTTTTG GCACCAAAAT CAACGGGACT TTCCAAAATG TCGTAACAAC TCCGCCCCAT #3041CCCCATTGAC GTCAATGGGA GTTTGTTTTG GCACCAAAAT CAACGGGACT TTCCAAAATG TCGTAACAAC TCCGCCCCAT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3121TGACGCAAAT GGGCGGTAGG CGTGTACGGT GGGAGGTCTA TATAAGCAGA GCTGGTTTAG TGAACCGTCA GATCCGCTAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3121TGACGCAAAT GGGCGGTAGG CGTGTACGGT GGGAGGTCTA TATAAGCAGA GCTGGTTTAG TGAACCGTCA GATCCGCTAG #3121TGACGCAAAT GGGCGGTAGG CGTGTACGGT GGGAGGTCTA TATAAGCAGA GCTGGTTTAG TGAACCGTCA GATCCGCTAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3201CATTGTGTGC TTTTCGGGCC ACCATGACGC TGCGGCTTCT GGTGGCCGCG CTCTGCGCCG GGATCCTGGC AGAGGCGCCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3201CATTGTGTGC TTTTCGGGCC ACCATGACGC TGCGGCTTCT GGTGGCCGCG CTCTGCGCCG GGATCCTGGC AGAGGCGCCC #3201CATTGTGTGC TTTTCGGGCC ACCATGACGC TGCGGCTTCT GGTGGCCGCG CTCTGCGCCG GGATCCTGGC AGAGGCGCCC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3281CGAGTGCGAG CCCAGCACAG GGAGAGAGTG ACCTGCACGC GCCTTTACGC CGCTGACATT GTGTTCTTAC TGGATGGCTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3281CGAGTGCGAG CCCAGCACAG GGAGAGAGTG ACCTGCACGC GCCTTTACGC CGCTGACATT GTGTTCTTAC TGGATGGCTC #3281CGAGTGCGAG CCCAGCACAG GGAGAGAGTG ACCTGCACGC GCCTTTACGC CGCTGACATT GTGTTCTTAC TGGATGGCTC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3361CTCATCCATT GGCCGCAGCA ATTTCCGCGA GGTCCGCAGC TTTCTCGAAG GGCTGGTGCT GCCTTTCTCT GGAGCAGCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3361CTCATCCATT GGCCGCAGCA ATTTCCGCGA GGTCCGCAGC TTTCTCGAAG GGCTGGTGCT GCCTTTCTCT GGAGCAGCCA #3361CTCATCCATT GGCCGCAGCA ATTTCCGCGA GGTCCGCAGC TTTCTCGAAG GGCTGGTGCT GCCTTTCTCT GGAGCAGCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3441GTGCACAGGG TGTGCGCTTT GCCACAGTGC AGTACAGCGA TGACCCACGG ACAGAGTTCG GCCTGGATGC ACTTGGCTCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3441GTGCACAGGG TGTGCGCTTT GCCACAGTGC AGTACAGCGA TGACCCACGG ACAGAGTTCG GCCTGGATGC ACTTGGCTCT #3441GTGCACAGGG TGTGCGCTTT GCCACAGTGC AGTACAGCGA TGACCCACGG ACAGAGTTCG GCCTGGATGC ACTTGGCTCT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3521GGGGGTGATG TGATCCGCGC CATCCGTGAG CTTAGCTACA AGGGGGGCAA CACTCGCACA GGGGCTGCAA TTCTCCATGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3521GGGGGTGATG TGATCCGCGC CATCCGTGAG CTTAGCTACA AGGGGGGCAA CACTCGCACA GGGGCTGCAA TTCTCCATGT #3521GGGGGTGATG TGATCCGCGC CATCCGTGAG CTTAGCTACA AGGGGGGCAA CACTCGCACA GGGGCTGCAA TTCTCCATGT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3601GGCTGACCAT GTCTTCCTGC CCCAGCTGGC CCGACCTGGT GTCCCCAAGG TCTGCATCCT GATCACAGAC GGGAAGTCCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3601GGCTGACCAT GTCTTCCTGC CCCAGCTGGC CCGACCTGGT GTCCCCAAGG TCTGCATCCT GATCACAGAC GGGAAGTCCC #3601GGCTGACCAT GTCTTCCTGC CCCAGCTGGC CCGACCTGGT GTCCCCAAGG TCTGCATCCT GATCACAGAC GGGAAGTCCC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3681AGGACCTGGT GGACACAGCT GCCCAAAGGC TGAAGGGGCA GGGGGTCAAG CTATTTGCTG TGGGGATCAA GAATGCTGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3681AGGACCTGGT GGACACAGCT GCCCAAAGGC TGAAGGGGCA GGGGGTCAAG CTATTTGCTG TGGGGATCAA GAATGCTGAC #3681AGGACCTGGT GGACACAGCT GCCCAAAGGC TGAAGGGGCA GGGGGTCAAG CTATTTGCTG TGGGGATCAA GAATGCTGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3761CCTGAGGAGC TGAAGCGAGT TGCCTCACAG CCCACCAGTG ACTTCTTCTT CTTCGTCAAT GACTTCAGCA TCTTGAGGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3761CCTGAGGAGC TGAAGCGAGT TGCCTCACAG CCCACCAGTG ACTTCTTCTT CTTCGTCAAT GACTTCAGCA TCTTGAGGAC #3761CCTGAGGAGC TGAAGCGAGT TGCCTCACAG CCCACCAGTG ACTTCTTCTT CTTCGTCAAT GACTTCAGCA TCTTGAGGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3841ACTACTGCCC CTCGTTTCCC GGAGAGTGTG CACGACTGCT GGTGGCGTGC CTGTGACCCG ACCTCCGGAT GACTCGACCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3841ACTACTGCCC CTCGTTTCCC GGAGAGTGTG CACGACTGCT GGTGGCGTGC CTGTGACCCG ACCTCCGGAT GACTCGACCT #3841ACTACTGCCC CTCGTTTCCC GGAGAGTGTG CACGACTGCT GGTGGCGTGC CTGTGACCCG ACCTCCGGAT GACTCGACCT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #3921CTGCTCCACG AGACCTGGTG CTGTCTGAGC CAAGCAGCCA ATCCTTGAGA GTACAGTGGA CAGCGGCCAG TGGCCCTGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #3921CTGCTCCACG AGACCTGGTG CTGTCTGAGC CAAGCAGCCA ATCCTTGAGA GTACAGTGGA CAGCGGCCAG TGGCCCTGTG #3921CTGCTCCACG AGACCTGGTG CTGTCTGAGC CAAGCAGCCA ATCCTTGAGA GTACAGTGGA CAGCGGCCAG TGGCCCTGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4001ACTGGCTACA AGGTCCAGTA CACTCCTCTG ACGGGGCTGG GACAGCCACT GCCGAGTGAG CGGCAGGAGG TGAACGTCCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4001ACTGGCTACA AGGTCCAGTA CACTCCTCTG ACGGGGCTGG GACAGCCACT GCCGAGTGAG CGGCAGGAGG TGAACGTCCC #4001ACTGGCTACA AGGTCCAGTA CACTCCTCTG ACGGGGCTGG GACAGCCACT GCCGAGTGAG CGGCAGGAGG TGAACGTCCC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4081AGCTGGTGAG ACCAGTGTGC GGCTGCGGGG TCTCCGGCCA CTGACCGAGT ACCAAGTGAC TGTGATTGCC CTCTACGCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4081AGCTGGTGAG ACCAGTGTGC GGCTGCGGGG TCTCCGGCCA CTGACCGAGT ACCAAGTGAC TGTGATTGCC CTCTACGCCA #4081AGCTGGTGAG ACCAGTGTGC GGCTGCGGGG TCTCCGGCCA CTGACCGAGT ACCAAGTGAC TGTGATTGCC CTCTACGCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4161ACAGCATCGG GGAGGCTGTG AGCGGGACAG CTCGGACCAC TGCCCTAGAA GGGCCGGAAC TGACCATCCA GAATACCACA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4161ACAGCATCGG GGAGGCTGTG AGCGGGACAG CTCGGACCAC TGCCCTAGAA GGGCCGGAAC TGACCATCCA GAATACCACA #4161ACAGCATCGG GGAGGCTGTG AGCGGGACAG CTCGGACCAC TGCCCTAGAA GGGCCGGAAC TGACCATCCA GAATACCACA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4241GCCCACAGCC TCCTGGTGGC CTGGCGGAGT GTGCCAGGTG CCACTGGCTA CCGTGTGACA TGGCGGGTCC TCAGTGGTGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4241GCCCACAGCC TCCTGGTGGC CTGGCGGAGT GTGCCAGGTG CCACTGGCTA CCGTGTGACA TGGCGGGTCC TCAGTGGTGG #4241GCCCACAGCC TCCTGGTGGC CTGGCGGAGT GTGCCAGGTG CCACTGGCTA CCGTGTGACA TGGCGGGTCC TCAGTGGTGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4321GCCCACACAG CAGCAGGAGC TGGGCCCTGG GCAGGGTTCA GTGTTGCTGC GTGACTTGGA GCCTGGCACG GACTATGAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4321GCCCACACAG CAGCAGGAGC TGGGCCCTGG GCAGGGTTCA GTGTTGCTGC GTGACTTGGA GCCTGGCACG GACTATGAGG #4321GCCCACACAG CAGCAGGAGC TGGGCCCTGG GCAGGGTTCA GTGTTGCTGC GTGACTTGGA GCCTGGCACG GACTATGAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4401TGACCGTGAG CACCCTATTT GGCCGCAGTG TGGGGCCCGC CACTTCCCTG ATGGCTCGCA CTGACGCTTC TGTTGAGCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4401TGACCGTGAG CACCCTATTT GGCCGCAGTG TGGGGCCCGC CACTTCCCTG ATGGCTCGCA CTGACGCTTC TGTTGAGCAG #4401TGACCGTGAG CACCCTATTT GGCCGCAGTG TGGGGCCCGC CACTTCCCTG ATGGCTCGCA CTGACGCTTC TGTTGAGCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4481ACCCTGCGCC CGGTCATCCT GGGCCCCACA TCCATCCTCC TTTCCTGGAA CTTGGTGCCT GAGGCCCGTG GCTACCGGTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4481ACCCTGCGCC CGGTCATCCT GGGCCCCACA TCCATCCTCC TTTCCTGGAA CTTGGTGCCT GAGGCCCGTG GCTACCGGTT #4481ACCCTGCGCC CGGTCATCCT GGGCCCCACA TCCATCCTCC TTTCCTGGAA CTTGGTGCCT GAGGCCCGTG GCTACCGGTT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4561GGAATGGCGG CGTGAGACTG GCTTGGAGCC ACCGCAGAAG GTGGTACTGC CCTCTGATGT GACCCGCTAC CAGTTGGATG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4561GGAATGGCGG CGTGAGACTG GCTTGGAGCC ACCGCAGAAG GTGGTACTGC CCTCTGATGT GACCCGCTAC CAGTTGGATG #4561GGAATGGCGG CGTGAGACTG GCTTGGAGCC ACCGCAGAAG GTGGTACTGC CCTCTGATGT GACCCGCTAC CAGTTGGATG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4641GGCTGCAGCC GGGCACTGAG TACCGCCTCA CACTCTACAC TCTGCTGGAG GGCCACGAGG TGGCCACCCC TGCAACCGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4641GGCTGCAGCC GGGCACTGAG TACCGCCTCA CACTCTACAC TCTGCTGGAG GGCCACGAGG TGGCCACCCC TGCAACCGTG #4641GGCTGCAGCC GGGCACTGAG TACCGCCTCA CACTCTACAC TCTGCTGGAG GGCCACGAGG TGGCCACCCC TGCAACCGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4721GTTCCCACTG GACCAGAGCT GCCTGTGAGC CCTGTAACAG ACCTGCAAGC CACCGAGCTG CCCGGGCAGC GGGTGCGAGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4721GTTCCCACTG GACCAGAGCT GCCTGTGAGC CCTGTAACAG ACCTGCAAGC CACCGAGCTG CCCGGGCAGC GGGTGCGAGT #4721GTTCCCACTG GACCAGAGCT GCCTGTGAGC CCTGTAACAG ACCTGCAAGC CACCGAGCTG CCCGGGCAGC GGGTGCGAGT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4801GTCCTGGAGC CCAGTCCCTG GTGCCACCCA GTACCGCATC ATTGTGCGCA GCACCCAGGG GGTTGAGCGG ACCCTGGTGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4801GTCCTGGAGC CCAGTCCCTG GTGCCACCCA GTACCGCATC ATTGTGCGCA GCACCCAGGG GGTTGAGCGG ACCCTGGTGC #4801GTCCTGGAGC CCAGTCCCTG GTGCCACCCA GTACCGCATC ATTGTGCGCA GCACCCAGGG GGTTGAGCGG ACCCTGGTGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4881TTCCTGGGAG TCAGACAGCA TTCGACTTGG ATGACGTTCA GGCTGGGCTT AGCTACACTG TGCGGGTGTC TGCTCGAGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4881TTCCTGGGAG TCAGACAGCA TTCGACTTGG ATGACGTTCA GGCTGGGCTT AGCTACACTG TGCGGGTGTC TGCTCGAGTG #4881TTCCTGGGAG TCAGACAGCA TTCGACTTGG ATGACGTTCA GGCTGGGCTT AGCTACACTG TGCGGGTGTC TGCTCGAGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #4961GGTCCCCGTG AGGGCAGTGC CAGTGTCCTC ACTGTCCGCC GGGAGCCGGA AACTCCACTT GCTGTTCCAG GGCTGCGGGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #4961GGTCCCCGTG AGGGCAGTGC CAGTGTCCTC ACTGTCCGCC GGGAGCCGGA AACTCCACTT GCTGTTCCAG GGCTGCGGGT #4961GGTCCCCGTG AGGGCAGTGC CAGTGTCCTC ACTGTCCGCC GGGAGCCGGA AACTCCACTT GCTGTTCCAG GGCTGCGGGT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5041TGTGGTGTCA GATGCAACGC GAGTGAGGGT GGCCTGGGGA CCCGTCCCTG GAGCCAGTGG ATTTCGGATT AGCTGGAGCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5041TGTGGTGTCA GATGCAACGC GAGTGAGGGT GGCCTGGGGA CCCGTCCCTG GAGCCAGTGG ATTTCGGATT AGCTGGAGCA #5041TGTGGTGTCA GATGCAACGC GAGTGAGGGT GGCCTGGGGA CCCGTCCCTG GAGCCAGTGG ATTTCGGATT AGCTGGAGCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5121CAGGCAGTGG TCCGGAGTCC AGCCAGACAC TGCCCCCAGA CTCTACTGCC ACAGACATCA CAGGGCTGCA GCCTGGAACC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5121CAGGCAGTGG TCCGGAGTCC AGCCAGACAC TGCCCCCAGA CTCTACTGCC ACAGACATCA CAGGGCTGCA GCCTGGAACC #5121CAGGCAGTGG TCCGGAGTCC AGCCAGACAC TGCCCCCAGA CTCTACTGCC ACAGACATCA CAGGGCTGCA GCCTGGAACC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5201ACCTACCAGG TGGCTGTGTC GGTACTGCGA GGCAGAGAGG AGGGCCCTGC TGCAGTCATC GTGGCTCGAA CGGACCCACT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5201ACCTACCAGG TGGCTGTGTC GGTACTGCGA GGCAGAGAGG AGGGCCCTGC TGCAGTCATC GTGGCTCGAA CGGACCCACT #5201ACCTACCAGG TGGCTGTGTC GGTACTGCGA GGCAGAGAGG AGGGCCCTGC TGCAGTCATC GTGGCTCGAA CGGACCCACT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5281GGGCCCAGTG AGGACGGTCC ATGTGACTCA GGCCAGCAGC TCATCTGTCA CCATTACCTG GACCAGGGTT CCTGGCGCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5281GGGCCCAGTG AGGACGGTCC ATGTGACTCA GGCCAGCAGC TCATCTGTCA CCATTACCTG GACCAGGGTT CCTGGCGCCA #5281GGGCCCAGTG AGGACGGTCC ATGTGACTCA GGCCAGCAGC TCATCTGTCA CCATTACCTG GACCAGGGTT CCTGGCGCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5361CAGGATACAG GGTTTCCTGG CACTCAGCCC ACGGCCCAGA GAAATCCCAG TTGGTTTCTG GGGAGGCCAC GGTGGCTGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5361CAGGATACAG GGTTTCCTGG CACTCAGCCC ACGGCCCAGA GAAATCCCAG TTGGTTTCTG GGGAGGCCAC GGTGGCTGAG #5361CAGGATACAG GGTTTCCTGG CACTCAGCCC ACGGCCCAGA GAAATCCCAG TTGGTTTCTG GGGAGGCCAC GGTGGCTGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5441CTGGATGGAC TGGAGCCAGA TACTGAGTAT ACGGTGCATG TGAGGGCCCA TGTGGCTGGC GTGGATGGGC CCCCTGCCTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5441CTGGATGGAC TGGAGCCAGA TACTGAGTAT ACGGTGCATG TGAGGGCCCA TGTGGCTGGC GTGGATGGGC CCCCTGCCTC #5441CTGGATGGAC TGGAGCCAGA TACTGAGTAT ACGGTGCATG TGAGGGCCCA TGTGGCTGGC GTGGATGGGC CCCCTGCCTC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5521TGTGGTTGTG AGGACTGCCC CTGAGCCTGT GGGTCGTGTG TCGAGGCTGC AGATCCTCAA TGCTTCCAGC GACGTTCTAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5521TGTGGTTGTG AGGACTGCCC CTGAGCCTGT GGGTCGTGTG TCGAGGCTGC AGATCCTCAA TGCTTCCAGC GACGTTCTAC #5521TGTGGTTGTG AGGACTGCCC CTGAGCCTGT GGGTCGTGTG TCGAGGCTGC AGATCCTCAA TGCTTCCAGC GACGTTCTAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5601GGATCACCTG GGTAGGGGTC ACTGGAGCCA CAGCTTACAG ACTGGCCTGG GGCCGGAGTG AAGGCGGCCC CATGAGGCAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5601GGATCACCTG GGTAGGGGTC ACTGGAGCCA CAGCTTACAG ACTGGCCTGG GGCCGGAGTG AAGGCGGCCC CATGAGGCAC #5601GGATCACCTG GGTAGGGGTC ACTGGAGCCA CAGCTTACAG ACTGGCCTGG GGCCGGAGTG AAGGCGGCCC CATGAGGCAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5681CAGATACTCC CAGGAAACAC AGACTCTGCA GAGATCCGGG GTCTCGAAGG TGGAGTCAGC TACTCAGTGC GAGTGACTGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5681CAGATACTCC CAGGAAACAC AGACTCTGCA GAGATCCGGG GTCTCGAAGG TGGAGTCAGC TACTCAGTGC GAGTGACTGC #5681CAGATACTCC CAGGAAACAC AGACTCTGCA GAGATCCGGG GTCTCGAAGG TGGAGTCAGC TACTCAGTGC GAGTGACTGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5761ACTTGTCGGG GACCGCGAGG GCACACCTGT CTCCATTGTT GTCACTACGC CGCCTGAGGC TCCGCCAGCC CTGGGGACGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5761ACTTGTCGGG GACCGCGAGG GCACACCTGT CTCCATTGTT GTCACTACGC CGCCTGAGGC TCCGCCAGCC CTGGGGACGC #5761ACTTGTCGGG GACCGCGAGG GCACACCTGT CTCCATTGTT GTCACTACGC CGCCTGAGGC TCCGCCAGCC CTGGGGACGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5841TTCACGTGGT GCAGCGCGGG GAGCACTCGC TGAGGCTGCG CTGGGAGCCG GTGCCCAGAG CGCAGGGCTT CCTTCTGCAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5841TTCACGTGGT GCAGCGCGGG GAGCACTCGC TGAGGCTGCG CTGGGAGCCG GTGCCCAGAG CGCAGGGCTT CCTTCTGCAC #5841TTCACGTGGT GCAGCGCGGG GAGCACTCGC TGAGGCTGCG CTGGGAGCCG GTGCCCAGAG CGCAGGGCTT CCTTCTGCAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #5921TGGCAACCTG AGGGTGGCCA GGAACAGTCC CGGGTCCTGG GGCCCGAGCT CAGCAGCTAT CACCTGGACG GGCTGGAGCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #5921TGGCAACCTG AGGGTGGCCA GGAACAGTCC CGGGTCCTGG GGCCCGAGCT CAGCAGCTAT CACCTGGACG GGCTGGAGCC #5921TGGCAACCTG AGGGTGGCCA GGAACAGTCC CGGGTCCTGG GGCCCGAGCT CAGCAGCTAT CACCTGGACG GGCTGGAGCC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6001AGCGACACAG TACCGCGTGA GGCTGAGTGT CCTAGGGCCG GCTGGAGAAG GGCCCTCTGC AGAGGTGACT GCGCGCACTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6001AGCGACACAG TACCGCGTGA GGCTGAGTGT CCTAGGGCCG GCTGGAGAAG GGCCCTCTGC AGAGGTGACT GCGCGCACTG #6001AGCGACACAG TACCGCGTGA GGCTGAGTGT CCTAGGGCCG GCTGGAGAAG GGCCCTCTGC AGAGGTGACT GCGCGCACTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6081AGTCACCTCG TGTTCCAAGC ATTGAACTAC GTGTGGTGGA CACCTCGATC GACTCGGTGA CTTTGGCCTG GACTCCAGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6081AGTCACCTCG TGTTCCAAGC ATTGAACTAC GTGTGGTGGA CACCTCGATC GACTCGGTGA CTTTGGCCTG GACTCCAGTG #6081AGTCACCTCG TGTTCCAAGC ATTGAACTAC GTGTGGTGGA CACCTCGATC GACTCGGTGA CTTTGGCCTG GACTCCAGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6161TCCAGGGCAT CCAGCTACAT CCTATCCTGG CGGCCACTCA GAGGCCCTGG CCAGGAAGTG CCTGGGTCCC CGCAGACACT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6161TCCAGGGCAT CCAGCTACAT CCTATCCTGG CGGCCACTCA GAGGCCCTGG CCAGGAAGTG CCTGGGTCCC CGCAGACACT #6161TCCAGGGCAT CCAGCTACAT CCTATCCTGG CGGCCACTCA GAGGCCCTGG CCAGGAAGTG CCTGGGTCCC CGCAGACACT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6241TCCAGGGATC TCAAGCTCCC AGCGGGTGAC AGGGCTAGAG CCTGGCGTCT CTTACATCTT CTCCCTGACG CCTGTCCTGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6241TCCAGGGATC TCAAGCTCCC AGCGGGTGAC AGGGCTAGAG CCTGGCGTCT CTTACATCTT CTCCCTGACG CCTGTCCTGG #6241TCCAGGGATC TCAAGCTCCC AGCGGGTGAC AGGGCTAGAG CCTGGCGTCT CTTACATCTT CTCCCTGACG CCTGTCCTGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6321ATGGTGTGCG GGGTCCTGAG GCATCTGTCA CACAGACGCC AGTGTGCCCC CGTGGCCTGG CGGATGTGGT GTTCCTACCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6321ATGGTGTGCG GGGTCCTGAG GCATCTGTCA CACAGACGCC AGTGTGCCCC CGTGGCCTGG CGGATGTGGT GTTCCTACCA #6321ATGGTGTGCG GGGTCCTGAG GCATCTGTCA CACAGACGCC AGTGTGCCCC CGTGGCCTGG CGGATGTGGT GTTCCTACCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6401CATGCCACTC AAGACAATGC TCACCGTGCG GAGGCTACGA GGAGGGTCCT GGAGCGTCTG GTGTTGGCAC TTGGGCCTCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6401CATGCCACTC AAGACAATGC TCACCGTGCG GAGGCTACGA GGAGGGTCCT GGAGCGTCTG GTGTTGGCAC TTGGGCCTCT #6401CATGCCACTC AAGACAATGC TCACCGTGCG GAGGCTACGA GGAGGGTCCT GGAGCGTCTG GTGTTGGCAC TTGGGCCTCT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6481TGGGCCACAG GCAGTTCAGG TTGGCCTGCT GTCTTACAGT CATCGGCCCT CCCCACTGTT CCCACTGAAT GGCTCCCATG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6481TGGGCCACAG GCAGTTCAGG TTGGCCTGCT GTCTTACAGT CATCGGCCCT CCCCACTGTT CCCACTGAAT GGCTCCCATG #6481TGGGCCACAG GCAGTTCAGG TTGGCCTGCT GTCTTACAGT CATCGGCCCT CCCCACTGTT CCCACTGAAT GGCTCCCATG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6561ACCTTGGCAT TATCTTGCAA AGGATCCGTG ACATGCCCTA CATGGACCCA AGTGGGAACA ACCTGGGCAC AGCCGTGGTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6561ACCTTGGCAT TATCTTGCAA AGGATCCGTG ACATGCCCTA CATGGACCCA AGTGGGAACA ACCTGGGCAC AGCCGTGGTC #6561ACCTTGGCAT TATCTTGCAA AGGATCCGTG ACATGCCCTA CATGGACCCA AGTGGGAACA ACCTGGGCAC AGCCGTGGTC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6641ACAGCTCACA GATACATGTT GGCACCAGAT GCTCCTGGGC GCCGCCAGCA CGTACCAGGG GTGATGGTTC TGCTAGTGGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6641ACAGCTCACA GATACATGTT GGCACCAGAT GCTCCTGGGC GCCGCCAGCA CGTACCAGGG GTGATGGTTC TGCTAGTGGA #6641ACAGCTCACA GATACATGTT GGCACCAGAT GCTCCTGGGC GCCGCCAGCA CGTACCAGGG GTGATGGTTC TGCTAGTGGA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6721TGAACCCTTG AGAGGTGACA TATTCAGCCC CATCCGTGAG GCCCAGGCTT CTGGGCTTAA TGTGGTGATG TTGGGAATGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6721TGAACCCTTG AGAGGTGACA TATTCAGCCC CATCCGTGAG GCCCAGGCTT CTGGGCTTAA TGTGGTGATG TTGGGAATGG #6721TGAACCCTTG AGAGGTGACA TATTCAGCCC CATCCGTGAG GCCCAGGCTT CTGGGCTTAA TGTGGTGATG TTGGGAATGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6801CTGGAGCGGA CCCAGAGCAG CTGCGTCGCT TGGCGCCGGG TATGGACTCT GTCCAGACCT TCTTCGCCGT GGATGATGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6801CTGGAGCGGA CCCAGAGCAG CTGCGTCGCT TGGCGCCGGG TATGGACTCT GTCCAGACCT TCTTCGCCGT GGATGATGGG #6801CTGGAGCGGA CCCAGAGCAG CTGCGTCGCT TGGCGCCGGG TATGGACTCT GTCCAGACCT TCTTCGCCGT GGATGATGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6881CCAAGCCTGG ACCAGGCAGT CAGTGGTCTG GCCACAGCCC TGTGTCAGGC ATCCTTCACT ACTCAGCCCC GGCCAGAGCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6881CCAAGCCTGG ACCAGGCAGT CAGTGGTCTG GCCACAGCCC TGTGTCAGGC ATCCTTCACT ACTCAGCCCC GGCCAGAGCC #6881CCAAGCCTGG ACCAGGCAGT CAGTGGTCTG GCCACAGCCC TGTGTCAGGC ATCCTTCACT ACTCAGCCCC GGCCAGAGCC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #6961CTGCCCAGTG TATTGTCCAA AGGGCCAGAA GGGGGAACCT GGAGAGATGG GCCTGAGAGG ACAAGTTGGG CCTCCTGGCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #6961CTGCCCAGTG TATTGTCCAA AGGGCCAGAA GGGGGAACCT GGAGAGATGG GCCTGAGAGG ACAAGTTGGG CCTCCTGGCG #6961CTGCCCAGTG TATTGTCCAA AGGGCCAGAA GGGGGAACCT GGAGAGATGG GCCTGAGAGG ACAAGTTGGG CCTCCTGGCG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7041ACCCTGGCCT CCCGGGCAGG ACCGGTGCTC CCGGCCCCCA GGGGCCCCCT GGAAGTGCCA CTGCCAAGGG CGAGAGGGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7041ACCCTGGCCT CCCGGGCAGG ACCGGTGCTC CCGGCCCCCA GGGGCCCCCT GGAAGTGCCA CTGCCAAGGG CGAGAGGGGC #7041ACCCTGGCCT CCCGGGCAGG ACCGGTGCTC CCGGCCCCCA GGGGCCCCCT GGAAGTGCCA CTGCCAAGGG CGAGAGGGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7121TTCCCTGGAG CAGATGGGCG TCCAGGCAGC CCTGGCCGCG CCGGGAATCC TGGGACCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GCCTAAAGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7121TTCCCTGGAG CAGATGGGCG TCCAGGCAGC CCTGGCCGCG CCGGGAATCC TGGGACCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GCCTAAAGGG #7121TTCCCTGGAG CAGATGGGCG TCCAGGCAGC CCTGGCCGCG CCGGGAATCC TGGGACCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GCCTAAAGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7201CTCTCCAGGG TTGCCTGGCC CTCGTGGGGA CCCGGGAGAG CGAGGACCTC GAGGCCCAAA GGGGGAGCCG GGGGCTCCCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7201CTCTCCAGGG TTGCCTGGCC CTCGTGGGGA CCCGGGAGAG CGAGGACCTC GAGGCCCAAA GGGGGAGCCG GGGGCTCCCG #7201CTCTCCAGGG TTGCCTGGCC CTCGTGGGGA CCCGGGAGAG CGAGGACCTC GAGGCCCAAA GGGGGAGCCG GGGGCTCCCG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7281GACAAGTCAT CGGAGGTGAA GGACCTGGGC TTCCTGGGCG GAAAGGGGAC CCTGGACCAT CGGGCCCCCC TGGACCTCGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7281GACAAGTCAT CGGAGGTGAA GGACCTGGGC TTCCTGGGCG GAAAGGGGAC CCTGGACCAT CGGGCCCCCC TGGACCTCGT #7281GACAAGTCAT CGGAGGTGAA GGACCTGGGC TTCCTGGGCG GAAAGGGGAC CCTGGACCAT CGGGCCCCCC TGGACCTCGT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7361GGACCACTGG GGGACCCAGG ACCCCGTGGC CCCCCAGGGC TTCCTGGAAC AGCCATGAAG GGTGACAAAG GCGATCGTGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7361GGACCACTGG GGGACCCAGG ACCCCGTGGC CCCCCAGGGC TTCCTGGAAC AGCCATGAAG GGTGACAAAG GCGATCGTGG #7361GGACCACTGG GGGACCCAGG ACCCCGTGGC CCCCCAGGGC TTCCTGGAAC AGCCATGAAG GGTGACAAAG GCGATCGTGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7441GGAGCGGGGT CCCCCTGGAC CAGGTGAAGG TGGCATTGCT CCTGGGGAGC CTGGGCTGCC GGGTCTTCCC GGAAGCCCTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7441GGAGCGGGGT CCCCCTGGAC CAGGTGAAGG TGGCATTGCT CCTGGGGAGC CTGGGCTGCC GGGTCTTCCC GGAAGCCCTG #7441GGAGCGGGGT CCCCCTGGAC CAGGTGAAGG TGGCATTGCT CCTGGGGAGC CTGGGCTGCC GGGTCTTCCC GGAAGCCCTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7521GACCCCAAGG CCCCGTTGGC CCCCCTGGAA AGAAAGGAGA AAAAGGTGAC TCTGAGGATG GAGCTCCAGG CCTCCCAGGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7521GACCCCAAGG CCCCGTTGGC CCCCCTGGAA AGAAAGGAGA AAAAGGTGAC TCTGAGGATG GAGCTCCAGG CCTCCCAGGA #7521GACCCCAAGG CCCCGTTGGC CCCCCTGGAA AGAAAGGAGA AAAAGGTGAC TCTGAGGATG GAGCTCCAGG CCTCCCAGGA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7601CAACCTGGGT CTCCGGGTGA GCAGGGCCCA CGGGGACCTC CTGGAGCTAT TGGCCCCAAA GGTGACCGGG GCTTTCCAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7601CAACCTGGGT CTCCGGGTGA GCAGGGCCCA CGGGGACCTC CTGGAGCTAT TGGCCCCAAA GGTGACCGGG GCTTTCCAGG #7601CAACCTGGGT CTCCGGGTGA GCAGGGCCCA CGGGGACCTC CTGGAGCTAT TGGCCCCAAA GGTGACCGGG GCTTTCCAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7681GCCCCTGGGT GAGGCTGGAG AGAAGGGCGA ACGTGGACCC CCAGGCCCAG CGGGATCCCG GGGGCTGCCA GGGGTTGCTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7681GCCCCTGGGT GAGGCTGGAG AGAAGGGCGA ACGTGGACCC CCAGGCCCAG CGGGATCCCG GGGGCTGCCA GGGGTTGCTG #7681GCCCCTGGGT GAGGCTGGAG AGAAGGGCGA ACGTGGACCC CCAGGCCCAG CGGGATCCCG GGGGCTGCCA GGGGTTGCTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7761GACGTCCTGG AGCCAAGGGT CCTGAAGGGC CACCAGGACC CACTGGCCGC CAAGGAGAGA AGGGGGAGCC TGGTCGCCCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7761GACGTCCTGG AGCCAAGGGT CCTGAAGGGC CACCAGGACC CACTGGCCGC CAAGGAGAGA AGGGGGAGCC TGGTCGCCCT #7761GACGTCCTGG AGCCAAGGGT CCTGAAGGGC CACCAGGACC CACTGGCCGC CAAGGAGAGA AGGGGGAGCC TGGTCGCCCT

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7841GGGGACCCTG CAGTGGTGGG ACCTGCTGTT GCTGGACCCA AAGGAGAAAA GGGAGATGTG GGGCCCGCTG GGCCCAGAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7841GGGGACCCTG CAGTGGTGGG ACCTGCTGTT GCTGGACCCA AAGGAGAAAA GGGAGATGTG GGGCCCGCTG GGCCCAGAGG #7841GGGGACCCTG CAGTGGTGGG ACCTGCTGTT GCTGGACCCA AAGGAGAAAA GGGAGATGTG GGGCCCGCTG GGCCCAGAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #7921AGCTACCGGA GTCCAAGGGG AACGGGGCCC ACCCGGCTTG GTTCTTCCTG GAGACCCTGG CCCCAAGGGA GACCCTGGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #7921AGCTACCGGA GTCCAAGGGG AACGGGGCCC ACCCGGCTTG GTTCTTCCTG GAGACCCTGG CCCCAAGGGA GACCCTGGAG #7921AGCTACCGGA GTCCAAGGGG AACGGGGCCC ACCCGGCTTG GTTCTTCCTG GAGACCCTGG CCCCAAGGGA GACCCTGGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8001ACCGGGGTCC CATTGGCCTT ACTGGCAGAG CAGGACCCCC AGGTGACTCA GGGCCTCCTG GAGAGAAGGG AGACCCTGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8001ACCGGGGTCC CATTGGCCTT ACTGGCAGAG CAGGACCCCC AGGTGACTCA GGGCCTCCTG GAGAGAAGGG AGACCCTGGG #8001ACCGGGGTCC CATTGGCCTT ACTGGCAGAG CAGGACCCCC AGGTGACTCA GGGCCTCCTG GAGAGAAGGG AGACCCTGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8081CGGCCTGGCC CCCCAGGACC TGTTGGCCCC CGAGGACGAG ATGGTGAAGT TGGAGAGAAA GGTGACGAGG GTCCTCCGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8081CGGCCTGGCC CCCCAGGACC TGTTGGCCCC CGAGGACGAG ATGGTGAAGT TGGAGAGAAA GGTGACGAGG GTCCTCCGGG #8081CGGCCTGGCC CCCCAGGACC TGTTGGCCCC CGAGGACGAG ATGGTGAAGT TGGAGAGAAA GGTGACGAGG GTCCTCCGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8161TGACCCGGGT TTGCCTGGAA AAGCAGGCGA GCGTGGCCTT CGGGGGGCAC CTGGAGTTCG GGGGCCTGTG GGTGAAAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8161TGACCCGGGT TTGCCTGGAA AAGCAGGCGA GCGTGGCCTT CGGGGGGCAC CTGGAGTTCG GGGGCCTGTG GGTGAAAAGG #8161TGACCCGGGT TTGCCTGGAA AAGCAGGCGA GCGTGGCCTT CGGGGGGCAC CTGGAGTTCG GGGGCCTGTG GGTGAAAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8241GAGACCAGGG AGATCCTGGA GAGGATGGAC GAAATGGCAG CCCTGGATCA TCTGGACCCA AGGGTGACCG TGGGGAGCCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8241GAGACCAGGG AGATCCTGGA GAGGATGGAC GAAATGGCAG CCCTGGATCA TCTGGACCCA AGGGTGACCG TGGGGAGCCG #8241GAGACCAGGG AGATCCTGGA GAGGATGGAC GAAATGGCAG CCCTGGATCA TCTGGACCCA AGGGTGACCG TGGGGAGCCG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8321GGTCCCCCAG GACCCCCGGG ACGGCTGGTA GACACAGGAC CTGGAGCCAG AGAGAAGGGA GAGCCTGGGG ACCGCGGACA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8321GGTCCCCCAG GACCCCCGGG ACGGCTGGTA GACACAGGAC CTGGAGCCAG AGAGAAGGGA GAGCCTGGGG ACCGCGGACA #8321GGTCCCCCAG GACCCCCGGG ACGGCTGGTA GACACAGGAC CTGGAGCCAG AGAGAAGGGA GAGCCTGGGG ACCGCGGACA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8401AGAGGGTCCT CGAGGGCCCA AGGGTGATCC TGGCCTCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GGGAAAGGGG CATTGAAGGG TTTCGGGGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8401AGAGGGTCCT CGAGGGCCCA AGGGTGATCC TGGCCTCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GGGAAAGGGG CATTGAAGGG TTTCGGGGAC #8401AGAGGGTCCT CGAGGGCCCA AGGGTGATCC TGGCCTCCCT GGAGCCCCTG GGGAAAGGGG CATTGAAGGG TTTCGGGGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8481CCCCAGGCCC ACAGGGGGAC CCAGGTGTCC GAGGCCCAGC AGGAGAAAAG GGTGACCGGG GTCCCCCTGG GCTGGATGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8481CCCCAGGCCC ACAGGGGGAC CCAGGTGTCC GAGGCCCAGC AGGAGAAAAG GGTGACCGGG GTCCCCCTGG GCTGGATGGC #8481CCCCAGGCCC ACAGGGGGAC CCAGGTGTCC GAGGCCCAGC AGGAGAAAAG GGTGACCGGG GTCCCCCTGG GCTGGATGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8561CGGAGCGGAC TGGATGGGAA ACCAGGAGCC GCTGGGCCCT CTGGGCCGAA TGGTGCTGCA GGCAAAGCTG GGGACCCAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8561CGGAGCGGAC TGGATGGGAA ACCAGGAGCC GCTGGGCCCT CTGGGCCGAA TGGTGCTGCA GGCAAAGCTG GGGACCCAGG #8561CGGAGCGGAC TGGATGGGAA ACCAGGAGCC GCTGGGCCCT CTGGGCCGAA TGGTGCTGCA GGCAAAGCTG GGGACCCAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8641GAGAGACGGG CTTCCAGGCC TCCGTGGAGA ACAAGGCCTC CCTGGCCCCT CTGGTCCCCC TGGATTACCG GGAAAGCCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8641GAGAGACGGG CTTCCAGGCC TCCGTGGAGA ACAAGGCCTC CCTGGCCCCT CTGGTCCCCC TGGATTACCG GGAAAGCCAG #8641GAGAGACGGG CTTCCAGGCC TCCGTGGAGA ACAAGGCCTC CCTGGCCCCT CTGGTCCCCC TGGATTACCG GGAAAGCCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8721GCGAGGATGG GAAACCTGGC CTGAATGGAA AAAACGGAGA ACCTGGGGAC CCTGGAGAAG ACGGGAGGAA GGGAGAGAAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8721GCGAGGATGG GAAACCTGGC CTGAATGGAA AAAACGGAGA ACCTGGGGAC CCTGGAGAAG ACGGGAGGAA GGGAGAGAAA #8721GCGAGGATGG GAAACCTGGC CTGAATGGAA AAAACGGAGA ACCTGGGGAC CCTGGAGAAG ACGGGAGGAA GGGAGAGAAA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8801GGAGATTCAG GCGCCTCTGG GAGAGAAGGT CGTGATGGCC CCAAGGGTGA GCGTGGAGCT CCTGGTATCC TTGGACCCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8801GGAGATTCAG GCGCCTCTGG GAGAGAAGGT CGTGATGGCC CCAAGGGTGA GCGTGGAGCT CCTGGTATCC TTGGACCCCA #8801GGAGATTCAG GCGCCTCTGG GAGAGAAGGT CGTGATGGCC CCAAGGGTGA GCGTGGAGCT CCTGGTATCC TTGGACCCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8881GGGGCCTCCA GGCCTCCCAG GGCCAGTGGG CCCTCCTGGC CAGGGTTTTC CTGGTGTCCC AGGAGGCACG GGCCCCAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8881GGGGCCTCCA GGCCTCCCAG GGCCAGTGGG CCCTCCTGGC CAGGGTTTTC CTGGTGTCCC AGGAGGCACG GGCCCCAAGG #8881GGGGCCTCCA GGCCTCCCAG GGCCAGTGGG CCCTCCTGGC CAGGGTTTTC CTGGTGTCCC AGGAGGCACG GGCCCCAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #8961GTGACCGTGG GGAGACTGGA TCCAAAGGGG AGCAGGGCCT CCCTGGAGAG CGTGGCCTGC GAGGAGAGCC TGGAAGTGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #8961GTGACCGTGG GGAGACTGGA TCCAAAGGGG AGCAGGGCCT CCCTGGAGAG CGTGGCCTGC GAGGAGAGCC TGGAAGTGTG #8961GTGACCGTGG GGAGACTGGA TCCAAAGGGG AGCAGGGCCT CCCTGGAGAG CGTGGCCTGC GAGGAGAGCC TGGAAGTGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9041CCGAATGTGG ATCGGTTGCT GGAAACTGCT GGCATCAAGG CATCTGCCCT GCGGGAGATC GTGGAGACCT GGGATGAGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9041CCGAATGTGG ATCGGTTGCT GGAAACTGCT GGCATCAAGG CATCTGCCCT GCGGGAGATC GTGGAGACCT GGGATGAGAG #9041CCGAATGTGG ATCGGTTGCT GGAAACTGCT GGCATCAAGG CATCTGCCCT GCGGGAGATC GTGGAGACCT GGGATGAGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9121CTCTGGTAGC TTCCTGCCTG TGCCCGAACG GCGTCGAGGC CCCAAGGGGG ACTCAGGCGA ACAGGGCCCC CCAGGCAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9121CTCTGGTAGC TTCCTGCCTG TGCCCGAACG GCGTCGAGGC CCCAAGGGGG ACTCAGGCGA ACAGGGCCCC CCAGGCAAGG #9121CTCTGGTAGC TTCCTGCCTG TGCCCGAACG GCGTCGAGGC CCCAAGGGGG ACTCAGGCGA ACAGGGCCCC CCAGGCAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9201AGGGCCCCAT CGGCTTTCCT GGAGAACGCG GGCTGAAGGG CGACCGTGGA GACCCTGGCC CTCAGGGGCC ACCTGGTCTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9201AGGGCCCCAT CGGCTTTCCT GGAGAACGCG GGCTGAAGGG CGACCGTGGA GACCCTGGCC CTCAGGGGCC ACCTGGTCTG #9201AGGGCCCCAT CGGCTTTCCT GGAGAACGCG GGCTGAAGGG CGACCGTGGA GACCCTGGCC CTCAGGGGCC ACCTGGTCTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9281GCCCTTGGGG AGAGGGGCCC CCCCGGGCCT TCCGGCCTTG CCGGGGAGCC TGGAAAGCCT GGTATTCCCG GGCTCCCAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9281GCCCTTGGGG AGAGGGGCCC CCCCGGGCCT TCCGGCCTTG CCGGGGAGCC TGGAAAGCCT GGTATTCCCG GGCTCCCAGG #9281GCCCTTGGGG AGAGGGGCCC CCCCGGGCCT TCCGGCCTTG CCGGGGAGCC TGGAAAGCCT GGTATTCCCG GGCTCCCAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9361CAGGGCTGGG GGTGTGGGAG AGGCAGGAAG GCCAGGAGAG AGGGGAGAAC GGGGAGAGAA AGGAGAACGT GGAGAACAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9361CAGGGCTGGG GGTGTGGGAG AGGCAGGAAG GCCAGGAGAG AGGGGAGAAC GGGGAGAGAA AGGAGAACGT GGAGAACAGG #9361CAGGGCTGGG GGTGTGGGAG AGGCAGGAAG GCCAGGAGAG AGGGGAGAAC GGGGAGAGAA AGGAGAACGT GGAGAACAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9441GCAGAGATGG CCCTCCTGGA CTCCCTGGAA CCCCTGGGCC CCCCGGACCC CCTGGCCCCA AGGTGTCTGT GGATGAGCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9441GCAGAGATGG CCCTCCTGGA CTCCCTGGAA CCCCTGGGCC CCCCGGACCC CCTGGCCCCA AGGTGTCTGT GGATGAGCCA #9441GCAGAGATGG CCCTCCTGGA CTCCCTGGAA CCCCTGGGCC CCCCGGACCC CCTGGCCCCA AGGTGTCTGT GGATGAGCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9521GGTCCTGGAC TCTCTGGAGA ACAGGGACCC CCTGGACTCA AGGGTGCTAA GGGGGAGCCG GGCAGCAATG GTGACCAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9521GGTCCTGGAC TCTCTGGAGA ACAGGGACCC CCTGGACTCA AGGGTGCTAA GGGGGAGCCG GGCAGCAATG GTGACCAAGG #9521GGTCCTGGAC TCTCTGGAGA ACAGGGACCC CCTGGACTCA AGGGTGCTAA GGGGGAGCCG GGCAGCAATG GTGACCAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9601TCCCAAAGGA GACAGGGGTG TGCCAGGCAT CAAAGGAGAC CGGGGAGAGC CTGGACCGAG GGGTCAGGAC GGCAACCCGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9601TCCCAAAGGA GACAGGGGTG TGCCAGGCAT CAAAGGAGAC CGGGGAGAGC CTGGACCGAG GGGTCAGGAC GGCAACCCGG #9601TCCCAAAGGA GACAGGGGTG TGCCAGGCAT CAAAGGAGAC CGGGGAGAGC CTGGACCGAG GGGTCAGGAC GGCAACCCGG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9681GTCTACCAGG AGAGCGTGGT ATGGCTGGGC CTGAAGGGAA GCCGGGTCTG CAGGGTCCAA GAGGCCCCCC TGGCCCAGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9681GTCTACCAGG AGAGCGTGGT ATGGCTGGGC CTGAAGGGAA GCCGGGTCTG CAGGGTCCAA GAGGCCCCCC TGGCCCAGTG #9681GTCTACCAGG AGAGCGTGGT ATGGCTGGGC CTGAAGGGAA GCCGGGTCTG CAGGGTCCAA GAGGCCCCCC TGGCCCAGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9761GGTGGTCATG GAGACCCTGG ACCACCTGGT GCCCCGGGTC TTGCTGGCCC TGCAGGACCC CAAGGACCTT CTGGCCTGAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9761GGTGGTCATG GAGACCCTGG ACCACCTGGT GCCCCGGGTC TTGCTGGCCC TGCAGGACCC CAAGGACCTT CTGGCCTGAA #9761GGTGGTCATG GAGACCCTGG ACCACCTGGT GCCCCGGGTC TTGCTGGCCC TGCAGGACCC CAAGGACCTT CTGGCCTGAA

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9841GGGGGAGCCT GGAGAGACAG GACCTCCAGG ACGGGGCCTG ACTGGACCTA CTGGAGCTGT GGGACTTCCT GGACCCCCCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9841GGGGGAGCCT GGAGAGACAG GACCTCCAGG ACGGGGCCTG ACTGGACCTA CTGGAGCTGT GGGACTTCCT GGACCCCCCG #9841GGGGGAGCCT GGAGAGACAG GACCTCCAGG ACGGGGCCTG ACTGGACCTA CTGGAGCTGT GGGACTTCCT GGACCCCCCG

 IGE308_RefSequence  #9921GCCCTTCAGG CCTTGTGGGT CCACAGGGGT CTCCAGGTTT GCCTGGACAA GTGGGGGAGA CAGGGAAGCC GGGAGCCCCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig  #9921GCCCTTCAGG CCTTGTGGGT CCACAGGGGT CTCCAGGTTT GCCTGGACAA GTGGGGGAGA CAGGGAAGCC GGGAGCCCCA #9921GCCCTTCAGG CCTTGTGGGT CCACAGGGGT CTCCAGGTTT GCCTGGACAA GTGGGGGAGA CAGGGAAGCC GGGAGCCCCA

 IGE308_RefSequence #10001GGTCGAGATG GTGCCAGTGG AAAAGATGGA GACAGAGGGA GCCCTGGTGT GCCAGGGTCA CCAGGTCTGC CTGGCCCTGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10001GGTCGAGATG GTGCCAGTGG AAAAGATGGA GACAGAGGGA GCCCTGGTGT GCCAGGGTCA CCAGGTCTGC CTGGCCCTGT#10001GGTCGAGATG GTGCCAGTGG AAAAGATGGA GACAGAGGGA GCCCTGGTGT GCCAGGGTCA CCAGGTCTGC CTGGCCCTGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #10081CGGACCTAAA GGAGAACCTG GCCCCACGGG GGCCCCTGGA CAGGCTGTGG TCGGGCTCCC TGGAGCAAAG GGAGAGAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10081CGGACCTAAA GGAGAACCTG GCCCCACGGG GGCCCCTGGA CAGGCTGTGG TCGGGCTCCC TGGAGCAAAG GGAGAGAAGG#10081CGGACCTAAA GGAGAACCTG GCCCCACGGG GGCCCCTGGA CAGGCTGTGG TCGGGCTCCC TGGAGCAAAG GGAGAGAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #10161GAGCCCCTGG AGGCCTTGCT GGAGACCTGG TGGGTGAGCC GGGAGCCAAA GGTGACCGAG GACTGCCAGG GCCGCGAGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10161GAGCCCCTGG AGGCCTTGCT GGAGACCTGG TGGGTGAGCC GGGAGCCAAA GGTGACCGAG GACTGCCAGG GCCGCGAGGC#10161GAGCCCCTGG AGGCCTTGCT GGAGACCTGG TGGGTGAGCC GGGAGCCAAA GGTGACCGAG GACTGCCAGG GCCGCGAGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #10241GAGAAGGGTG AAGCTGGCCG TGCAGGGGAG CCCGGAGACC CTGGGGAAGA TGGTCAGAAA GGGGCTCCAG GACCCAAAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10241GAGAAGGGTG AAGCTGGCCG TGCAGGGGAG CCCGGAGACC CTGGGGAAGA TGGTCAGAAA GGGGCTCCAG GACCCAAAGG#10241GAGAAGGGTG AAGCTGGCCG TGCAGGGGAG CCCGGAGACC CTGGGGAAGA TGGTCAGAAA GGGGCTCCAG GACCCAAAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #10321TTTCAAGGGT GACCCAGGAG TCGGGGTCCC GGGCTCCCCT GGGCCTCCTG GCCCTCCAGG TGTGAAGGGA GATCTGGGCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10321TTTCAAGGGT GACCCAGGAG TCGGGGTCCC GGGCTCCCCT GGGCCTCCTG GCCCTCCAGG TGTGAAGGGA GATCTGGGCC#10321TTTCAAGGGT GACCCAGGAG TCGGGGTCCC GGGCTCCCCT GGGCCTCCTG GCCCTCCAGG TGTGAAGGGA GATCTGGGCC

 IGE308_RefSequence #10401TCCCTGGCCT GCCCGGTGCT CCTGGTGTTG TTGGGTTCCC GGGTCAGACA GGCCCTCGAG GAGAGATGGG TCAGCCAGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10401TCCCTGGCCT GCCCGGTGCT CCTGGTGTTG TTGGGTTCCC GGGTCAGACA GGCCCTCGAG GAGAGATGGG TCAGCCAGGC#10401TCCCTGGCCT GCCCGGTGCT CCTGGTGTTG TTGGGTTCCC GGGTCAGACA GGCCCTCGAG GAGAGATGGG TCAGCCAGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #10481CCTAGTGGAG AGCGGGGTCT GGCAGGCCCC CCAGGGAGAG AAGGAATCCC AGGACCCCTG GGGCCACCTG GACCACCGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10481CCTAGTGGAG AGCGGGGTCT GGCAGGCCCC CCAGGGAGAG AAGGAATCCC AGGACCCCTG GGGCCACCTG GACCACCGGG#10481CCTAGTGGAG AGCGGGGTCT GGCAGGCCCC CCAGGGAGAG AAGGAATCCC AGGACCCCTG GGGCCACCTG GACCACCGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #10561GTCAGTGGGA CCACCTGGGG CCTCTGGACT CAAAGGAGAC AAGGGAGACC CTGGAGTAGG GCTGCCTGGG CCCCGAGGCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10561GTCAGTGGGA CCACCTGGGG CCTCTGGACT CAAAGGAGAC AAGGGAGACC CTGGAGTAGG GCTGCCTGGG CCCCGAGGCG#10561GTCAGTGGGA CCACCTGGGG CCTCTGGACT CAAAGGAGAC AAGGGAGACC CTGGAGTAGG GCTGCCTGGG CCCCGAGGCG

 IGE308_RefSequence #10641AGCGTGGGGA GCCAGGCATC CGGGGTGAAG ATGGCCGCCC CGGCCAGGAG GGACCCCGAG GACTCACGGG GCCCCCTGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10641AGCGTGGGGA GCCAGGCATC CGGGGTGAAG ATGGCCGCCC CGGCCAGGAG GGACCCCGAG GACTCACGGG GCCCCCTGGC#10641AGCGTGGGGA GCCAGGCATC CGGGGTGAAG ATGGCCGCCC CGGCCAGGAG GGACCCCGAG GACTCACGGG GCCCCCTGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #10721AGCAGGGGAG AGCGTGGGGA GAAGGGTGAT GTTGGGAGTG CAGGACTAAA GGGTGACAAG GGAGACTCAG CTGTGATCCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10721AGCAGGGGAG AGCGTGGGGA GAAGGGTGAT GTTGGGAGTG CAGGACTAAA GGGTGACAAG GGAGACTCAG CTGTGATCCT#10721AGCAGGGGAG AGCGTGGGGA GAAGGGTGAT GTTGGGAGTG CAGGACTAAA GGGTGACAAG GGAGACTCAG CTGTGATCCT

 IGE308_RefSequence #10801GGGGCCTCCA GGCCCACGGG GTGCCAAGGG GGACATGGGT GAACGAGGGC CTCGGGGCTT GGATGGTGAC AAAGGACCTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10801GGGGCCTCCA GGCCCACGGG GTGCCAAGGG GGACATGGGT GAACGAGGGC CTCGGGGCTT GGATGGTGAC AAAGGACCTC#10801GGGGCCTCCA GGCCCACGGG GTGCCAAGGG GGACATGGGT GAACGAGGGC CTCGGGGCTT GGATGGTGAC AAAGGACCTC

 IGE308_RefSequence #10881GGGGAGACAA TGGGGACCCT GGTGACAAGG GCAGCAAGGG AGAGCCTGGT GACAAGGGCT CAGCCGGGTT GCCAGGACTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10881GGGGAGACAA TGGGGACCCT GGTGACAAGG GCAGCAAGGG AGAGCCTGGT GACAAGGGCT CAGCCGGGTT GCCAGGACTG#10881GGGGAGACAA TGGGGACCCT GGTGACAAGG GCAGCAAGGG AGAGCCTGGT GACAAGGGCT CAGCCGGGTT GCCAGGACTG

 IGE308_RefSequence #10961CGTGGACTCC TGGGACCCCA GGGTCAACCT GGTGCAGCAG GGATCCCTGG TGACCCGGGA TCCCCAGGAA AGGATGGAGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #10961CGTGGACTCC TGGGACCCCA GGGTCAACCT GGTGCAGCAG GGATCCCTGG TGACCCGGGA TCCCCAGGAA AGGATGGAGT#10961CGTGGACTCC TGGGACCCCA GGGTCAACCT GGTGCAGCAG GGATCCCTGG TGACCCGGGA TCCCCAGGAA AGGATGGAGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #11041GCCTGGTATC CGAGGAGAAA AAGGAGATGT TGGCTTCATG GGTCCCCGGG GCCTCAAGGG TGAACGGGGA GTGAAGGGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11041GCCTGGTATC CGAGGAGAAA AAGGAGATGT TGGCTTCATG GGTCCCCGGG GCCTCAAGGG TGAACGGGGA GTGAAGGGAG#11041GCCTGGTATC CGAGGAGAAA AAGGAGATGT TGGCTTCATG GGTCCCCGGG GCCTCAAGGG TGAACGGGGA GTGAAGGGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11121CCTGTGGCCT TGATGGAGAG AAGGGAGACA AGGGAGAAGC TGGTCCCCCA GGCCGCCCCG GGCTGGCAGG ACACAAAGGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11121CCTGTGGCCT TGATGGAGAG AAGGGAGACA AGGGAGAAGC TGGTCCCCCA GGCCGCCCCG GGCTGGCAGG ACACAAAGGA#11121CCTGTGGCCT TGATGGAGAG AAGGGAGACA AGGGAGAAGC TGGTCCCCCA GGCCGCCCCG GGCTGGCAGG ACACAAAGGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #11201GAGATGGGGG AGCCTGGTGT GCCGGGCCAG TCGGGGGCCC CTGGCAAGGA GGGCCTGATC GGTCCCAAGG GTGACCGAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11201GAGATGGGGG AGCCTGGTGT GCCGGGCCAG TCGGGGGCCC CTGGCAAGGA GGGCCTGATC GGTCCCAAGG GTGACCGAGG#11201GAGATGGGGG AGCCTGGTGT GCCGGGCCAG TCGGGGGCCC CTGGCAAGGA GGGCCTGATC GGTCCCAAGG GTGACCGAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11281CTTTGACGGG CAGCCAGGCC CCAAGGGTGA CCAGGGCGAG AAAGGGGAGC GGGGAACCCC AGGAATTGGG GGCTTCCCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11281CTTTGACGGG CAGCCAGGCC CCAAGGGTGA CCAGGGCGAG AAAGGGGAGC GGGGAACCCC AGGAATTGGG GGCTTCCCAG#11281CTTTGACGGG CAGCCAGGCC CCAAGGGTGA CCAGGGCGAG AAAGGGGAGC GGGGAACCCC AGGAATTGGG GGCTTCCCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11361GCCCCAGTGG AAATGATGGC TCTGCTGGTC CCCCAGGGCC ACCTGGCAGT GTTGGTCCCA GAGGCCCCGA AGGACTTCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11361GCCCCAGTGG AAATGATGGC TCTGCTGGTC CCCCAGGGCC ACCTGGCAGT GTTGGTCCCA GAGGCCCCGA AGGACTTCAG#11361GCCCCAGTGG AAATGATGGC TCTGCTGGTC CCCCAGGGCC ACCTGGCAGT GTTGGTCCCA GAGGCCCCGA AGGACTTCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11441GGCCAGAAGG GTGAGCGAGG TCCCCCCGGA GAGAGAGTGG TGGGGGCTCC TGGGGTCCCT GGAGCTCCTG GCGAGAGAGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11441GGCCAGAAGG GTGAGCGAGG TCCCCCCGGA GAGAGAGTGG TGGGGGCTCC TGGGGTCCCT GGAGCTCCTG GCGAGAGAGG#11441GGCCAGAAGG GTGAGCGAGG TCCCCCCGGA GAGAGAGTGG TGGGGGCTCC TGGGGTCCCT GGAGCTCCTG GCGAGAGAGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11521GGAGCAGGGG CGGCCAGGGC CTGCCGGTCC TCGAGGCGAG AAGGGAGAAG CTGCACTGAC GGAGGATGAC ATCCGGGGCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11521GGAGCAGGGG CGGCCAGGGC CTGCCGGTCC TCGAGGCGAG AAGGGAGAAG CTGCACTGAC GGAGGATGAC ATCCGGGGCT#11521GGAGCAGGGG CGGCCAGGGC CTGCCGGTCC TCGAGGCGAG AAGGGAGAAG CTGCACTGAC GGAGGATGAC ATCCGGGGCT

 IGE308_RefSequence #11601TTGTGCGCCA AGAGATGAGT CAGCACTGTG CCTGCCAGGG CCAGTTCATC GCATCTGGAT CACGACCCCT CCCTAGTTAT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11601TTGTGCGCCA AGAGATGAGT CAGCACTGTG CCTGCCAGGG CCAGTTCATC GCATCTGGAT CACGACCCCT CCCTAGTTAT#11601TTGTGCGCCA AGAGATGAGT CAGCACTGTG CCTGCCAGGG CCAGTTCATC GCATCTGGAT CACGACCCCT CCCTAGTTAT

 IGE308_RefSequence #11681GCTGCAGACA CTGCCGGCTC CCAGCTCCAT GCTGTGCCTG TGCTCCGCGT CTCTCATGCA GAGGAGGAAG AGCGGGTACC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11681GCTGCAGACA CTGCCGGCTC CCAGCTCCAT GCTGTGCCTG TGCTCCGCGT CTCTCATGCA GAGGAGGAAG AGCGGGTACC#11681GCTGCAGACA CTGCCGGCTC CCAGCTCCAT GCTGTGCCTG TGCTCCGCGT CTCTCATGCA GAGGAGGAAG AGCGGGTACC

 IGE308_RefSequence #11761CCCTGAGGAT GATGAGTACT CTGAATACTC CGAGTATTCT GTGGAGGAGT ACCAGGACCC TGAAGCTCCT TGGGATAGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11761CCCTGAGGAT GATGAGTACT CTGAATACTC CGAGTATTCT GTGGAGGAGT ACCAGGACCC TGAAGCTCCT TGGGATAGTG#11761CCCTGAGGAT GATGAGTACT CTGAATACTC CGAGTATTCT GTGGAGGAGT ACCAGGACCC TGAAGCTCCT TGGGATAGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence #11841ATGACCCCTG TTCCCTGCCA CTGGATGAGG GCTCCTGCAC TGCCTACACC CTGCGCTGGT ACCATCGGGC TGTGACAGGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11841ATGACCCCTG TTCCCTGCCA CTGGATGAGG GCTCCTGCAC TGCCTACACC CTGCGCTGGT ACCATCGGGC TGTGACAGGC#11841ATGACCCCTG TTCCCTGCCA CTGGATGAGG GCTCCTGCAC TGCCTACACC CTGCGCTGGT ACCATCGGGC TGTGACAGGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #11921AGCACAGAGG CCTGTCACCC TTTTGTCTAT GGTGGCTGTG GAGGGAATGC CAACCGTTTT GGGACCCGTG AGGCCTGCGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #11921AGCACAGAGG CCTGTCACCC TTTTGTCTAT GGTGGCTGTG GAGGGAATGC CAACCGTTTT GGGACCCGTG AGGCCTGCGA#11921AGCACAGAGG CCTGTCACCC TTTTGTCTAT GGTGGCTGTG GAGGGAATGC CAACCGTTTT GGGACCCGTG AGGCCTGCGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #12001GCGCCGCTGC CCACCCCGGG TGGTCCAGAG CCAGGGGACA GGTACTGCCC AGGACTGATC GATACCGTCG ACCTCGAGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12001GCGCCGCTGC CCACCCCGGG TGGTCCAGAG CCAGGGGACA GGTACTGCCC AGGACTGATC GATACCGTCG ACCTCGAGAC#12001GCGCCGCTGC CCACCCCGGG TGGTCCAGAG CCAGGGGACA GGTACTGCCC AGGACTGATC GATACCGTCG ACCTCGAGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12081CTAGAAAAAC ATGGAGCAAT CACAAGTAGC AATACAGCAG CTACCAATGC TGATTGTGCC TGGCTAGAAG CACAAGAGGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12081CTAGAAAAAC ATGGAGCAAT CACAAGTAGC AATACAGCAG CTACCAATGC TGATTGTGCC TGGCTAGAAG CACAAGAGGA#12081CTAGAAAAAC ATGGAGCAAT CACAAGTAGC AATACAGCAG CTACCAATGC TGATTGTGCC TGGCTAGAAG CACAAGAGGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #12161GGAGGAGGTG GGTTTTCCAG TCACACCTCA GGTACCTTTA AGACCAATGA CTTACAAGGC AGCTGTAGAT CTTAGCCACT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12161GGAGGAGGTG GGTTTTCCAG TCACACCTCA GGTACCTTTA AGACCAATGA CTTACAAGGC AGCTGTAGAT CTTAGCCACT#12161GGAGGAGGTG GGTTTTCCAG TCACACCTCA GGTACCTTTA AGACCAATGA CTTACAAGGC AGCTGTAGAT CTTAGCCACT

 IGE308_RefSequence #12241TTTTAAAAGA AAAGGGGGGA CTGGAAGGGC TAATTCACTC CCAACGAAGA CAAGATATCC TTGATCTGTG GATCTACCAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12241TTTTAAAAGA AAAGGGGGGA CTGGAAGGGC TAATTCACTC CCAACGAAGA CAAGATATCC TTGATCTGTG GATCTACCAC#12241TTTTAAAAGA AAAGGGGGGA CTGGAAGGGC TAATTCACTC CCAACGAAGA CAAGATATCC TTGATCTGTG GATCTACCAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12321ACACAAGGCT ACTTCCCTGA TTGGCAGAAC TACACACCAG GGCCAGGGAT CAGATATCCA CTGACCTTTG GATGGTGCTA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12321ACACAAGGCT ACTTCCCTGA TTGGCAGAAC TACACACCAG GGCCAGGGAT CAGATATCCA CTGACCTTTG GATGGTGCTA#12321ACACAAGGCT ACTTCCCTGA TTGGCAGAAC TACACACCAG GGCCAGGGAT CAGATATCCA CTGACCTTTG GATGGTGCTA

 IGE308_RefSequence #12401CAAGCTAGTA CCAGTTGAGC AAGAGAAGGT AGAAGAAGCC AATGAAGGAG AGAACACCCG CTTGTTACAC CCTGTGAGCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12401CAAGCTAGTA CCAGTTGAGC AAGAGAAGGT AGAAGAAGCC AATGAAGGAG AGAACACCCG CTTGTTACAC CCTGTGAGCC#12401CAAGCTAGTA CCAGTTGAGC AAGAGAAGGT AGAAGAAGCC AATGAAGGAG AGAACACCCG CTTGTTACAC CCTGTGAGCC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12481TGCATGGGAT GGATGACCCG GAGAGAGAAG TATTAGAGTG GAGGTTTGAC AGCCGCCTAG CATTTCATCA CATGGCCCGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12481TGCATGGGAT GGATGACCCG GAGAGAGAAG TATTAGAGTG GAGGTTTGAC AGCCGCCTAG CATTTCATCA CATGGCCCGA#12481TGCATGGGAT GGATGACCCG GAGAGAGAAG TATTAGAGTG GAGGTTTGAC AGCCGCCTAG CATTTCATCA CATGGCCCGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #12561GAGCTGCATC CGGACTGTAC TGGGTCTCTC TGGTTAGACC AGATCTGAGC CTGGGAGCTC TCTGGCTAAC TAGGGAACCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12561GAGCTGCATC CGGACTGTAC TGGGTCTCTC TGGTTAGACC AGATCTGAGC CTGGGAGCTC TCTGGCTAAC TAGGGAACCC#12561GAGCTGCATC CGGACTGTAC TGGGTCTCTC TGGTTAGACC AGATCTGAGC CTGGGAGCTC TCTGGCTAAC TAGGGAACCC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12641ACTGCTTAAG CCTCAATAAA GCTTGCCTTG AGTGCTTCAA GTAGTGTGTG CCCGTCTGTT GTGTGACTCT GGTAACTAGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12641ACTGCTTAAG CCTCAATAAA GCTTGCCTTG AGTGCTTCAA GTAGTGTGTG CCCGTCTGTT GTGTGACTCT GGTAACTAGA#12641ACTGCTTAAG CCTCAATAAA GCTTGCCTTG AGTGCTTCAA GTAGTGTGTG CCCGTCTGTT GTGTGACTCT GGTAACTAGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #12721GATCCCTCAG ACCCTTTTAG TCAGTGTGGA AAATCTCTAG CAGGGCCCGT TTAAACCCGC TGATCAGCCT CGACTGTGCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12721GATCCCTCAG ACCCTTTTAG TCAGTGTGGA AAATCTCTAG CAGGGCCCGT TTAAACCCGC TGATCAGCCT CGACTGTGCC#12721GATCCCTCAG ACCCTTTTAG TCAGTGTGGA AAATCTCTAG CAGGGCCCGT TTAAACCCGC TGATCAGCCT CGACTGTGCC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12801TTCTAGTTGC CAGCCATCTG TTGTTTGCCC CTCCCCCGTG CCTTCCTTGA CCCTGGAAGG TGCCACTCCC ACTGTCCTTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12801TTCTAGTTGC CAGCCATCTG TTGTTTGCCC CTCCCCCGTG CCTTCCTTGA CCCTGGAAGG TGCCACTCCC ACTGTCCTTT#12801TTCTAGTTGC CAGCCATCTG TTGTTTGCCC CTCCCCCGTG CCTTCCTTGA CCCTGGAAGG TGCCACTCCC ACTGTCCTTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #12881CCTAATAAAA TGAGGAAATT GCATCGCATT GTCTGAGTAG GTGTCATTCT ATTCTGGGGG GTGGGGTGGG GCAGGACAGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12881CCTAATAAAA TGAGGAAATT GCATCGCATT GTCTGAGTAG GTGTCATTCT ATTCTGGGGG GTGGGGTGGG GCAGGACAGC#12881CCTAATAAAA TGAGGAAATT GCATCGCATT GTCTGAGTAG GTGTCATTCT ATTCTGGGGG GTGGGGTGGG GCAGGACAGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #12961AAGGGGGAGG ATTGGGAAGA CAATAGCAGG CATGCTGGGG ATGCGGTGGG CTCTATGGCT TCTGAGGCGG AAAGAACCAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #12961AAGGGGGAGG ATTGGGAAGA CAATAGCAGG CATGCTGGGG ATGCGGTGGG CTCTATGGCT TCTGAGGCGG AAAGAACCAG#12961AAGGGGGAGG ATTGGGAAGA CAATAGCAGG CATGCTGGGG ATGCGGTGGG CTCTATGGCT TCTGAGGCGG AAAGAACCAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #13041CTGGGGCTCT AGGGGGTATC CCCACGCGCC CTGTAGCGGC GCATTAAGCG CGGCGGGTGT GGTGGTTACG CGCAGCGTGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13041CTGGGGCTCT AGGGGGTATC CCCACGCGCC CTGTAGCGGC GCATTAAGCG CGGCGGGTGT GGTGGTTACG CGCAGCGTGA#13041CTGGGGCTCT AGGGGGTATC CCCACGCGCC CTGTAGCGGC GCATTAAGCG CGGCGGGTGT GGTGGTTACG CGCAGCGTGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #13121CCGCTACACT TGCCAGCGCC CTAGCGCCCG CTCCTTTCGC TTTCTTCCCT TCCTTTCTCG CCACGTTCGC CGGCTTTCCC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13121CCGCTACACT TGCCAGCGCC CTAGCGCCCG CTCCTTTCGC TTTCTTCCCT TCCTTTCTCG CCACGTTCGC CGGCTTTCCC#13121CCGCTACACT TGCCAGCGCC CTAGCGCCCG CTCCTTTCGC TTTCTTCCCT TCCTTTCTCG CCACGTTCGC CGGCTTTCCC

 IGE308_RefSequence #13201CGTCAAGCTC TAAATCGGGG GCTCCCTTTA GGGTTCCGAT TTAGTGCTTT ACGGCACCTC GACCCCAAAA AACTTGATTA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13201CGTCAAGCTC TAAATCGGGG GCTCCCTTTA GGGTTCCGAT TTAGTGCTTT ACGGCACCTC GACCCCAAAA AACTTGATTA#13201CGTCAAGCTC TAAATCGGGG GCTCCCTTTA GGGTTCCGAT TTAGTGCTTT ACGGCACCTC GACCCCAAAA AACTTGATTA

 IGE308_RefSequence #13281GGGTGATGGT TCACGTAGTG GGCCATCGCC CTGATAGACG GTTTTTCGCC CTTTGACGTT GGAGTCCACG TTCTTTAATA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13281GGGTGATGGT TCACGTAGTG GGCCATCGCC CTGATAGACG GTTTTTCGCC CTTTGACGTT GGAGTCCACG TTCTTTAATA#13281GGGTGATGGT TCACGTAGTG GGCCATCGCC CTGATAGACG GTTTTTCGCC CTTTGACGTT GGAGTCCACG TTCTTTAATA

 IGE308_RefSequence #13361GTGGACTCTT GTTCCAAACT GGAACAACAC TCAACCCTAT CTCGGTCTAT TCTTTTGATT TATAAGGGAT TTTGCCGATT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13361GTGGACTCTT GTTCCAAACT GGAACAACAC TCAACCCTAT CTCGGTCTAT TCTTTTGATT TATAAGGGAT TTTGCCGATT#13361GTGGACTCTT GTTCCAAACT GGAACAACAC TCAACCCTAT CTCGGTCTAT TCTTTTGATT TATAAGGGAT TTTGCCGATT

 IGE308_RefSequence #13441TCGGCCTATT GGTTAAAAAA TGAGCTGATT TAACAAAAAT TTAACGCGAA TTAATTCTGT GGAATGTGTG TCAGTTAGGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13441TCGGCCTATT GGTTAAAAAA TGAGCTGATT TAACAAAAAT TTAACGCGAA TTAATTCTGT GGAATGTGTG TCAGTTAGGG#13441TCGGCCTATT GGTTAAAAAA TGAGCTGATT TAACAAAAAT TTAACGCGAA TTAATTCTGT GGAATGTGTG TCAGTTAGGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #13521TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC CCCAGCAGGC AGAAGTATGC AAAGCATGCA TCTCAATTAG TCAGCAACCA GGTGTGGAAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13521TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC CCCAGCAGGC AGAAGTATGC AAAGCATGCA TCTCAATTAG TCAGCAACCA GGTGTGGAAA#13521TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC CCCAGCAGGC AGAAGTATGC AAAGCATGCA TCTCAATTAG TCAGCAACCA GGTGTGGAAA

 IGE308_RefSequence #13601GTCCCCAGGC TCCCCAGCAG GCAGAAGTAT GCAAAGCATG CATCTCAATT AGTCAGCAAC CATAGTCCCG CCCCTAACTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13601GTCCCCAGGC TCCCCAGCAG GCAGAAGTAT GCAAAGCATG CATCTCAATT AGTCAGCAAC CATAGTCCCG CCCCTAACTC#13601GTCCCCAGGC TCCCCAGCAG GCAGAAGTAT GCAAAGCATG CATCTCAATT AGTCAGCAAC CATAGTCCCG CCCCTAACTC

 IGE308_RefSequence #13681CGCCCATCCC GCCCCTAACT CCGCCCAGTT CCGCCCATTC TCCGCCCCAT GGCTGACTAA TTTTTTTTAT TTATGCAGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13681CGCCCATCCC GCCCCTAACT CCGCCCAGTT CCGCCCATTC TCCGCCCCAT GGCTGACTAA TTTTTTTTAT TTATGCAGAG#13681CGCCCATCCC GCCCCTAACT CCGCCCAGTT CCGCCCATTC TCCGCCCCAT GGCTGACTAA TTTTTTTTAT TTATGCAGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #13761GCCGAGGCCG CCTCTGCCTC TGAGCTATTC CAGAAGTAGT GAGGAGGCTT TTTTGGAGGC CTAGGCTTTT GCAAAAAGCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13761GCCGAGGCCG CCTCTGCCTC TGAGCTATTC CAGAAGTAGT GAGGAGGCTT TTTTGGAGGC CTAGGCTTTT GCAAAAAGCT#13761GCCGAGGCCG CCTCTGCCTC TGAGCTATTC CAGAAGTAGT GAGGAGGCTT TTTTGGAGGC CTAGGCTTTT GCAAAAAGCT

 IGE308_RefSequence #13841CCCGGGAGCT TGTATATCCA TTTTCGGATC TGATCAGCAC GTGTTGACAA TTAATCATCG GCATAGTATA TCGGCATAGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13841CCCGGGAGCT TGTATATCCA TTTTCGGATC TGATCAGCAC GTGTTGACAA TTAATCATCG GCATAGTATA TCGGCATAGT#13841CCCGGGAGCT TGTATATCCA TTTTCGGATC TGATCAGCAC GTGTTGACAA TTAATCATCG GCATAGTATA TCGGCATAGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #13921ATAATACGAC AAGGTGAGGA ACTAAACCAT GGCCAAGTTG ACCAGTGCCG TTCCGGTGCT CACCGCGCGC GACGTCGCCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #13921ATAATACGAC AAGGTGAGGA ACTAAACCAT GGCCAAGTTG ACCAGTGCCG TTCCGGTGCT CACCGCGCGC GACGTCGCCG#13921ATAATACGAC AAGGTGAGGA ACTAAACCAT GGCCAAGTTG ACCAGTGCCG TTCCGGTGCT CACCGCGCGC GACGTCGCCG

 IGE308_RefSequence #14001GAGCGGTCGA GTTCTGGACC GACCGGCTCG GGTTCTCCCG GGACTTCGTG GAGGACGACT TCGCCGGTGT GGTCCGGGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14001GAGCGGTCGA GTTCTGGACC GACCGGCTCG GGTTCTCCCG GGACTTCGTG GAGGACGACT TCGCCGGTGT GGTCCGGGAC#14001GAGCGGTCGA GTTCTGGACC GACCGGCTCG GGTTCTCCCG GGACTTCGTG GAGGACGACT TCGCCGGTGT GGTCCGGGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #14081GACGTGACCC TGTTCATCAG CGCGGTCCAG GACCAGGTGG TGCCGGACAA CACCCTGGCC TGGGTGTGGG TGCGCGGCCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14081GACGTGACCC TGTTCATCAG CGCGGTCCAG GACCAGGTGG TGCCGGACAA CACCCTGGCC TGGGTGTGGG TGCGCGGCCT#14081GACGTGACCC TGTTCATCAG CGCGGTCCAG GACCAGGTGG TGCCGGACAA CACCCTGGCC TGGGTGTGGG TGCGCGGCCT

 IGE308_RefSequence #14161GGACGAGCTG TACGCCGAGT GGTCGGAGGT CGTGTCCACG AACTTCCGGG ACGCCTCCGG GCCGGCCATG ACCGAGATCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14161GGACGAGCTG TACGCCGAGT GGTCGGAGGT CGTGTCCACG AACTTCCGGG ACGCCTCCGG GCCGGCCATG ACCGAGATCG#14161GGACGAGCTG TACGCCGAGT GGTCGGAGGT CGTGTCCACG AACTTCCGGG ACGCCTCCGG GCCGGCCATG ACCGAGATCG

 IGE308_RefSequence #14241GCGAGCAGCC GTGGGGGCGG GAGTTCGCCC TGCGCGACCC GGCCGGCAAC TGCGTGCACT TCGTGGCCGA GGAGCAGGAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14241GCGAGCAGCC GTGGGGGCGG GAGTTCGCCC TGCGCGACCC GGCCGGCAAC TGCGTGCACT TCGTGGCCGA GGAGCAGGAC#14241GCGAGCAGCC GTGGGGGCGG GAGTTCGCCC TGCGCGACCC GGCCGGCAAC TGCGTGCACT TCGTGGCCGA GGAGCAGGAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #14321TGACACGTGC TACGAGATTT CGATTCCACC GCCGCCTTCT ATGAAAGGTT GGGCTTCGGA ATCGTTTTCC GGGACGCCGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14321TGACACGTGC TACGAGATTT CGATTCCACC GCCGCCTTCT ATGAAAGGTT GGGCTTCGGA ATCGTTTTCC GGGACGCCGG#14321TGACACGTGC TACGAGATTT CGATTCCACC GCCGCCTTCT ATGAAAGGTT GGGCTTCGGA ATCGTTTTCC GGGACGCCGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #14401CTGGATGATC CTCCAGCGCG GGGATCTCAT GCTGGAGTTC TTCGCCCACC CCAACTTGTT TATTGCAGCT TATAATGGTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14401CTGGATGATC CTCCAGCGCG GGGATCTCAT GCTGGAGTTC TTCGCCCACC CCAACTTGTT TATTGCAGCT TATAATGGTT#14401CTGGATGATC CTCCAGCGCG GGGATCTCAT GCTGGAGTTC TTCGCCCACC CCAACTTGTT TATTGCAGCT TATAATGGTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #14481ACAAATAAAG CAATAGCATC ACAAATTTCA CAAATAAAGC ATTTTTTTCA CTGCATTCTA GTTGTGGTTT GTCCAAACTC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14481ACAAATAAAG CAATAGCATC ACAAATTTCA CAAATAAAGC ATTTTTTTCA CTGCATTCTA GTTGTGGTTT GTCCAAACTC#14481ACAAATAAAG CAATAGCATC ACAAATTTCA CAAATAAAGC ATTTTTTTCA CTGCATTCTA GTTGTGGTTT GTCCAAACTC

 IGE308_RefSequence #14561ATCAATGTAT CTTATCATGT CTGTATACCG TCGACCTCTA GCTAGAGCTT GGCGTAATCA TGGTCATAGC TGTTTCCTGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14561ATCAATGTAT CTTATCATGT CTGTATACCG TCGACCTCTA GCTAGAGCTT GGCGTAATCA TGGTCATAGC TGTTTCCTGT#14561ATCAATGTAT CTTATCATGT CTGTATACCG TCGACCTCTA GCTAGAGCTT GGCGTAATCA TGGTCATAGC TGTTTCCTGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #14641GTGAAATTGT TATCCGCTCA CAATTCCACA CAACATACGA GCCGGAAGCA TAAAGTGTAA AGCCTGGGGT GCCTAATGAG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14641GTGAAATTGT TATCCGCTCA CAATTCCACA CAACATACGA GCCGGAAGCA TAAAGTGTAA AGCCTGGGGT GCCTAATGAG#14641GTGAAATTGT TATCCGCTCA CAATTCCACA CAACATACGA GCCGGAAGCA TAAAGTGTAA AGCCTGGGGT GCCTAATGAG

 IGE308_RefSequence #14721TGAGCTAACT CACATTAATT GCGTTGCGCT CACTGCCCGC TTTCCAGTCG GGAAACCTGT CGTGCCAGCT GCATTAATGA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14721TGAGCTAACT CACATTAATT GCGTTGCGCT CACTGCCCGC TTTCCAGTCG GGAAACCTGT CGTGCCAGCT GCATTAATGA#14721TGAGCTAACT CACATTAATT GCGTTGCGCT CACTGCCCGC TTTCCAGTCG GGAAACCTGT CGTGCCAGCT GCATTAATGA

 IGE308_RefSequence #14801ATCGGCCAAC GCGCGGGGAG AGGCGGTTTG CGTATTGGGC GCTCTTCCGC TTCCTCGCTC ACTGACTCGC TGCGCTCGGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14801ATCGGCCAAC GCGCGGGGAG AGGCGGTTTG CGTATTGGGC GCTCTTCCGC TTCCTCGCTC ACTGACTCGC TGCGCTCGGT#14801ATCGGCCAAC GCGCGGGGAG AGGCGGTTTG CGTATTGGGC GCTCTTCCGC TTCCTCGCTC ACTGACTCGC TGCGCTCGGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #14881CGTTCGGCTG CGGCGAGCGG TATCAGCTCA CTCAAAGGCG GTAATACGGT TATCCACAGA ATCAGGGGAT AACGCAGGAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14881CGTTCGGCTG CGGCGAGCGG TATCAGCTCA CTCAAAGGCG GTAATACGGT TATCCACAGA ATCAGGGGAT AACGCAGGAA#14881CGTTCGGCTG CGGCGAGCGG TATCAGCTCA CTCAAAGGCG GTAATACGGT TATCCACAGA ATCAGGGGAT AACGCAGGAA

 IGE308_RefSequence #14961AGAACATGTG AGCAAAAGGC CAGCAAAAGG CCAGGAACCG TAAAAAGGCC GCGTTGCTGG CGTTTTTCCA TAGGCTCCGC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #14961AGAACATGTG AGCAAAAGGC CAGCAAAAGG CCAGGAACCG TAAAAAGGCC GCGTTGCTGG CGTTTTTCCA TAGGCTCCGC#14961AGAACATGTG AGCAAAAGGC CAGCAAAAGG CCAGGAACCG TAAAAAGGCC GCGTTGCTGG CGTTTTTCCA TAGGCTCCGC

 IGE308_RefSequence #15041CCCCCTGACG AGCATCACAA AAATCGACGC TCAAGTCAGA GGTGGCGAAA CCCGACAGGA CTATAAAGAT ACCAGGCGTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15041CCCCCTGACG AGCATCACAA AAATCGACGC TCAAGTCAGA GGTGGCGAAA CCCGACAGGA CTATAAAGAT ACCAGGCGTT#15041CCCCCTGACG AGCATCACAA AAATCGACGC TCAAGTCAGA GGTGGCGAAA CCCGACAGGA CTATAAAGAT ACCAGGCGTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #15121TCCCCCTGGA AGCTCCCTCG TGCGCTCTCC TGTTCCGACC CTGCCGCTTA CCGGATACCT GTCCGCCTTT CTCCCTTCGG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15121TCCCCCTGGA AGCTCCCTCG TGCGCTCTCC TGTTCCGACC CTGCCGCTTA CCGGATACCT GTCCGCCTTT CTCCCTTCGG#15121TCCCCCTGGA AGCTCCCTCG TGCGCTCTCC TGTTCCGACC CTGCCGCTTA CCGGATACCT GTCCGCCTTT CTCCCTTCGG

 IGE308_RefSequence #15201GAAGCGTGGC GCTTTCTCAT AGCTCACGCT GTAGGTATCT CAGTTCGGTG TAGGTCGTTC GCTCCAAGCT GGGCTGTGTG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15201GAAGCGTGGC GCTTTCTCAT AGCTCACGCT GTAGGTATCT CAGTTCGGTG TAGGTCGTTC GCTCCAAGCT GGGCTGTGTG#15201GAAGCGTGGC GCTTTCTCAT AGCTCACGCT GTAGGTATCT CAGTTCGGTG TAGGTCGTTC GCTCCAAGCT GGGCTGTGTG

 IGE308_RefSequence #15281CACGAACCCC CCGTTCAGCC CGACCGCTGC GCCTTATCCG GTAACTATCG TCTTGAGTCC AACCCGGTAA GACACGACTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15281CACGAACCCC CCGTTCAGCC CGACCGCTGC GCCTTATCCG GTAACTATCG TCTTGAGTCC AACCCGGTAA GACACGACTT#15281CACGAACCCC CCGTTCAGCC CGACCGCTGC GCCTTATCCG GTAACTATCG TCTTGAGTCC AACCCGGTAA GACACGACTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #15361ATCGCCACTG GCAGCAGCCA CTGGTAACAG GATTAGCAGA GCGAGGTATG TAGGCGGTGC TACAGAGTTC TTGAAGTGGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15361ATCGCCACTG GCAGCAGCCA CTGGTAACAG GATTAGCAGA GCGAGGTATG TAGGCGGTGC TACAGAGTTC TTGAAGTGGT#15361ATCGCCACTG GCAGCAGCCA CTGGTAACAG GATTAGCAGA GCGAGGTATG TAGGCGGTGC TACAGAGTTC TTGAAGTGGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #15441GGCCTAACTA CGGCTACACT AGAAGAACAG TATTTGGTAT CTGCGCTCTG CTGAAGCCAG TTACCTTCGG AAAAAGAGTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15441GGCCTAACTA CGGCTACACT AGAAGAACAG TATTTGGTAT CTGCGCTCTG CTGAAGCCAG TTACCTTCGG AAAAAGAGTT#15441GGCCTAACTA CGGCTACACT AGAAGAACAG TATTTGGTAT CTGCGCTCTG CTGAAGCCAG TTACCTTCGG AAAAAGAGTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #15521GGTAGCTCTT GATCCGGCAA ACAAACCACC GCTGGTAGCG GTGGTTTTTT TGTTTGCAAG CAGCAGATTA CGCGCAGAAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15521GGTAGCTCTT GATCCGGCAA ACAAACCACC GCTGGTAGCG GTGGTTTTTT TGTTTGCAAG CAGCAGATTA CGCGCAGAAA#15521GGTAGCTCTT GATCCGGCAA ACAAACCACC GCTGGTAGCG GTGGTTTTTT TGTTTGCAAG CAGCAGATTA CGCGCAGAAA

 IGE308_RefSequence #15601AAAAGGATCT CAAGAAGATC CTTTGATCTT TTCTACGGGG TCTGACGCTC AGTGGAACGA AAACTCACGT TAAGGGATTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15601AAAAGGATCT CAAGAAGATC CTTTGATCTT TTCTACGGGG TCTGACGCTC AGTGGAACGA AAACTCACGT TAAGGGATTT#15601AAAAGGATCT CAAGAAGATC CTTTGATCTT TTCTACGGGG TCTGACGCTC AGTGGAACGA AAACTCACGT TAAGGGATTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #15681TGGTCATGAG ATTATCAAAA AGGATCTTCA CCTAGATCCT TTTAAATTAA AAATGAAGTT TTAAATCAAT CTAAAGTATA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15681TGGTCATGAG ATTATCAAAA AGGATCTTCA CCTAGATCCT TTTAAATTAA AAATGAAGTT TTAAATCAAT CTAAAGTATA#15681TGGTCATGAG ATTATCAAAA AGGATCTTCA CCTAGATCCT TTTAAATTAA AAATGAAGTT TTAAATCAAT CTAAAGTATA

 IGE308_RefSequence #15761TATGAGTAAA CTTGGTCTGA CAGTTACCAA TGCTTAATCA GTGAGGCACC TATCTCAGCG ATCTGTCTAT TTCGTTCATC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15761TATGAGTAAA CTTGGTCTGA CAGTTACCAA TGCTTAATCA GTGAGGCACC TATCTCAGCG ATCTGTCTAT TTCGTTCATC#15761TATGAGTAAA CTTGGTCTGA CAGTTACCAA TGCTTAATCA GTGAGGCACC TATCTCAGCG ATCTGTCTAT TTCGTTCATC

 IGE308_RefSequence #15841CATAGTTGCC TGACTCCCCG TCGTGTAGAT AACTACGATA CGGGAGGGCT TACCATCTGG CCCCAGTGCT GCAATGATAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15841CATAGTTGCC TGACTCCCCG TCGTGTAGAT AACTACGATA CGGGAGGGCT TACCATCTGG CCCCAGTGCT GCAATGATAC#15841CATAGTTGCC TGACTCCCCG TCGTGTAGAT AACTACGATA CGGGAGGGCT TACCATCTGG CCCCAGTGCT GCAATGATAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #15921CGCGAGACCC ACGCTCACCG GCTCCAGATT TATCAGCAAT AAACCAGCCA GCCGGAAGGG CCGAGCGCAG AAGTGGTCCT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #15921CGCGAGACCC ACGCTCACCG GCTCCAGATT TATCAGCAAT AAACCAGCCA GCCGGAAGGG CCGAGCGCAG AAGTGGTCCT#15921CGCGAGACCC ACGCTCACCG GCTCCAGATT TATCAGCAAT AAACCAGCCA GCCGGAAGGG CCGAGCGCAG AAGTGGTCCT

 IGE308_RefSequence #16001GCAACTTTAT CCGCCTCCAT CCAGTCTATT AATTGTTGCC GGGAAGCTAG AGTAAGTAGT TCGCCAGTTA ATAGTTTGCG

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16001GCAACTTTAT CCGCCTCCAT CCAGTCTATT AATTGTTGCC GGGAAGCTAG AGTAAGTAGT TCGCCAGTTA ATAGTTTGCG#16001GCAACTTTAT CCGCCTCCAT CCAGTCTATT AATTGTTGCC GGGAAGCTAG AGTAAGTAGT TCGCCAGTTA ATAGTTTGCG

 IGE308_RefSequence #16081CAACGTTGTT GCCATTGCTA CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TCGTCGTTTG GTATGGCTTC ATTCAGCTCC GGTTCCCAAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16081CAACGTTGTT GCCATTGCTA CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TCGTCGTTTG GTATGGCTTC ATTCAGCTCC GGTTCCCAAC#16081CAACGTTGTT GCCATTGCTA CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TCGTCGTTTG GTATGGCTTC ATTCAGCTCC GGTTCCCAAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #16161GATCAAGGCG AGTTACATGA TCCCCCATGT TGTGCAAAAA AGCGGTTAGC TCCTTCGGTC CTCCGATCGT TGTCAGAAGT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16161GATCAAGGCG AGTTACATGA TCCCCCATGT TGTGCAAAAA AGCGGTTAGC TCCTTCGGTC CTCCGATCGT TGTCAGAAGT#16161GATCAAGGCG AGTTACATGA TCCCCCATGT TGTGCAAAAA AGCGGTTAGC TCCTTCGGTC CTCCGATCGT TGTCAGAAGT

 IGE308_RefSequence #16241AAGTTGGCCG CAGTGTTATC ACTCATGGTT ATGGCAGCAC TGCATAATTC TCTTACTGTC ATGCCATCCG TAAGATGCTT

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16241AAGTTGGCCG CAGTGTTATC ACTCATGGTT ATGGCAGCAC TGCATAATTC TCTTACTGTC ATGCCATCCG TAAGATGCTT#16241AAGTTGGCCG CAGTGTTATC ACTCATGGTT ATGGCAGCAC TGCATAATTC TCTTACTGTC ATGCCATCCG TAAGATGCTT

 IGE308_RefSequence #16321TTCTGTGACT GGTGAGTACT CAACCAAGTC ATTCTGAGAA TAGTGTATGC GGCGACCGAG TTGCTCTTGC CCGGCGTCAA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16321TTCTGTGACT GGTGAGTACT CAACCAAGTC ATTCTGAGAA TAGTGTATGC GGCGACCGAG TTGCTCTTGC CCGGCGTCAA#16321TTCTGTGACT GGTGAGTACT CAACCAAGTC ATTCTGAGAA TAGTGTATGC GGCGACCGAG TTGCTCTTGC CCGGCGTCAA

 IGE308_RefSequence #16401TACGGGATAA TACCGCGCCA CATAGCAGAA CTTTAAAAGT GCTCATCATT GGAAAACGTT CTTCGGGGCG AAAACTCTCA

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16401TACGGGATAA TACCGCGCCA CATAGCAGAA CTTTAAAAGT GCTCATCATT GGAAAACGTT CTTCGGGGCG AAAACTCTCA#16401TACGGGATAA TACCGCGCCA CATAGCAGAA CTTTAAAAGT GCTCATCATT GGAAAACGTT CTTCGGGGCG AAAACTCTCA

 IGE308_RefSequence #16481AGGATCTTAC CGCTGTTGAG ATCCAGTTCG ATGTAACCCA CTCGTGCACC CAACTGATCT TCAGCATCTT TTACTTTCAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16481AGGATCTTAC CGCTGTTGAG ATCCAGTTCG ATGTAACCCA CTCGTGCACC CAACTGATCT TCAGCATCTT TTACTTTCAC#16481AGGATCTTAC CGCTGTTGAG ATCCAGTTCG ATGTAACCCA CTCGTGCACC CAACTGATCT TCAGCATCTT TTACTTTCAC

 IGE308_RefSequence #16561CAGCGTTTCT GGGTGAGCAA AAACAGGAAG GCAAAATGCC GCAAAAAAGG GAATAAGGGC GACACGGAAA TGTTGAATAC

 60010743-ITX-00001_Contig #16561CAGCGTTTCT GGGTGAGCAA AAACAGGAAG GCAAAATGCC GCAAAAAAGG GAATAAGGGC GACACGGAAA TGTTGAATAC#16561CAGCGTTTCT GGGTGAGCAA AAACAGGAAG GCAAAATGCC GCAAAAAAGG GAATAAGGGC GACACGGAAA TGTTGAATAC

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1. A method of treating a patient suffering from a type VII collagen(C7) deficiency comprising obtaining cells from the C7-deficientpatient, contacting said cells with a transducing lentiviral vectorcomprising a nucleotide sequence encoding COL7A1 or a functional variantthereof to form autologous genetically modified cells having a vectorcopy number wherein said lentiviral vector has a transducing vector copynumber in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 copies per cell, culturing saidautologous genetically modified cells, and administering an effectiveamount of the genetically modified cells to the C7-deficient patient. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein the cells are selected from fibroblastsand keratinocytes.
 3. (canceled)
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein theC7-deficiency is dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
 5. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the C7-deficiency is a dystrophic epideituolysisbullosa recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), dominantdystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB), Hallopeau-Siemens,non-Hallopeau-Siemens RDEB, RDEB inversa, pretibial RDEB, acral RDEV, orRDEB centripetalis. 6-8. (canceled)
 9. The method of claim 1, whereinsaid transducing lentiviral vector is in the form of a lentiviral vectorparticle.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein said transducing lentiviralvector particle is constructed from a transfer lentiviral vectorcomprising (a) a modified 5′ long terminal repeat in LTR, wherein thepromoter of the modified 5′ LTR is a cytomegalovirus promoter, (b) afunctional COL7A1 gene, (c) at least one lentiviral central polypurinetract, and (d) a modified 3′ LTR, wherein the modified 3′ LTR comprisesa deletion relative to the wild-type 3′ LTR, wherein a hepatitis viruspost-transcriptional regulatory element (PRE) has been deleted, whereinthe COL7A1 gene or the functional variant thereof is incorporated intothe cells to form genetically modified cells having a functional COL7A1gene. 11-16. (canceled)
 17. The method of claim 1, wherein thegenetically modified fibroblasts are administered to the patient byinjection, topically, orally, or embedded in a biocompatible matrix.18-22. (canceled)
 23. An autologous genetically modified fibroblast froma patient suffering from a Type VII collagen deficiency transduced witha lentiviral vector particle comprising a functional COL7A1 gene or afunctional variant thereof, and expresses type VII collagen, whereinsaid lentiviral vector particle has a transducing vector copy number inthe range of 0.1 to 5.0 copies per cell. 24-25. (canceled)
 26. Aself-inactivating lentiviral vector formed from a transfer vectorcomprising (a) a modified 5′ long terminal in LTR, wherein the promoterof the modified 5′ LTR is a cytomegalovirus promoter, (b) the COL7A1gene or a functional variant thereof, (c) at least one lentiviralcentral polypurine tract element, and (d) a modified 3′ LTR, wherein themodified 3′ LTR comprises a deletion relative to the wild-type 3′ LTR,and, wherein a hepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulatory element(PRE) has been deleted. 27-31. (canceled)
 32. A transfer vectordesignated IGE-308.
 33. (canceled)
 34. A lentiviral vector particledesignated INXN-2002 or INXN-2004.
 35. A stable virus packaging cellline producing the INXN-2002 or INXN-2004 lentiviral vector particle ofclaim
 34. 36. (canceled)
 37. A pharmaceutical composition comprising afibroblast obtained from a C7-deficient patient transduced with alentiviral vector designated INXN-2002 or INXN-2004. 38-41. (canceled)42. A cell transduced in vitro or ex vivo with the vector of claim 34.43. A method of treating a patient suffering from pseudosyndactylycomprising administering to said patient an autologous population ofcells obtained from said patient transduced with a lentiviral vectorparticle comprising a functional COL7A1 gene or a functional variantthereof, and expressing type VII collagen, wherein said lentiviralvector particle has a transducing vector copy number in the range of 0.1to 5.0 copies per cell. 44-58. (canceled)
 59. An isolated population ofgenetically modified fibroblasts autologous to a patient suffering froma Type VII collagen deficiency transduced with a lentiviral vectorparticle comprising a functional COL7A1 gene or a functional variantthereof, and expresses type VII collagen, wherein said lentiviral vectorparticle has a transducing vector copy number in the range of 0.1 to 5.0copies per cell. 60-67. (canceled)
 68. A method of making an isolatedpopulation of Type VII collagen (C7) expressing genetically modifiedcells autologous to a patient suffering from C7 deficiency comprisingharvesting cells from the dermis or epidermis of the C7-deficientpatient, contacting said cells with a transducing lentiviral vectorparticle comprising the COL7A1 gene or a functional variant thereof toform autologous genetically modified cells comprising the COL7A1 genehaving a vector copy number of wherein said lentiviral vector particlehas a transducing vector copy number in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 copiesper cell, and culturing said autologous genetically modified cells toobtain an isolated population of C7 expressing genetically modifiedcells. 69-77. (canceled)
 78. An isolated population of Type VII collagen(C7)-expressing genetically modified cells produced by the method ofclaim
 68. 79-80. (canceled)
 81. A pharmaceutical formulation comprisingthe isolated population of claim
 78. 82-83. (canceled)
 84. A method ofincreasing the integrated transgene copy number per cell in geneticallymodified human dermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes comprising contactinga transducing lentiviral vector comprising a nucleotide sequenceencoding a COL7A1 gene or a functional variant thereof with a humandermal fibroblast or keratinocyte obtained from a C7-deficient patientto form a transduction composition, and subjecting said transductioncomposition to spinoculation to form transduced human dermal fibroblastor keratinocyte, wherein the integrated transgene copy number of thetransduced human dermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes is higher relativeto a transduction composition not subjected to spinoculation.
 85. Themethod of claim 84, wherein the transduced human dermal fibroblasts arecontacted to a second transducing lentiviral vector to form a secondtransduction composition, wherein the second transduction composition issubjected to spinoculation. 86-88. (canceled)
 89. The method of claim84, wherein the transduced human dermal fibroblasts have an integratedtransgene copy number per cell of at least 0.05. 90-92. (canceled) 93.The method of claim 84, wherein the transduced human dermal fibroblastshave an integrated transgene copy number per cell of at between about0.1 to about
 5. 94-105. (canceled)
 106. A method of increasing theintegrated transgene copy number per cell in genetically modified humandermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes comprising (a) contacting atransducing lentiviral vector comprising a nucleotide sequence encodinga COL7A1 gene or a functional variant thereof with a human dermalfibroblast or keratinocyte obtained from a C7-deficient patient to forma first transduction composition, (b) subjecting said first transductioncomposition to spinoculation to form transduced human dermal fibroblastor keratinocyte, (c) contacting the transduced human dermal fibroblastsor keratinocytes of step (b) with a second transducing lentiviral vectorto form a second transduction composition; (d) subjecting said firsttransduction composition to spinoculation to form transduced humandermal fibroblast or keratinocyte, wherein the integrated transgene copynumber of the transduced human dermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes is atleast 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50-fold higherrelative to transduced human dermal fibroblasts or keratinocytes notsubjected to spinoculation or a second transduction step. 107-114.(canceled)